USD/JPY rallies as Trump’s tariffs hit BoJ rate hike bets. Japan inflation, trade, and US data to guide pair’s next move.

Japans annual wholesale inflation slowed for the third straight month in June, reinforcing the Bank of Japans (BOJ) ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) on Monday reported it is likely to consider increasing its inflation forecast. The next BoJ monetary policy meeting is at the end of this month.

The Bank of Japan's increasing caution around raising interest rates further relies heavily on a relatively obscure inflation reading, which policy doves argue suggests weak consumer demand but ...

It has stayed put despite headline and core inflation running above its target of 2% since April 2022, and despite headline inflation's two-year high of 4% in January. So-called "core-core" inflation ...

With prices still rising faster than salaries, the actual purchasing power of Japanese workers continues to shrink – despite ...

It has stayed put despite headline and core inflation running above its target of 2% since April 2022, and despite headline inflation's two-year high of 4% in January. So-called "core-core ...

TOKYO -- Japan's stubbornly high inflation and U.S. trade tariffs are casting a pall over both this month's upper house election race and the central bank's efforts to normalize monetary policy.

Marcella Chow, global market strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management, noted that rice accounts for approximately half of Japan's core inflation, and future inflation trends are heavily reliant on ...

Major central banks have hiked their policy rates in the face of surging inflation since the Covid-19 pandemic — but the Bank of Japan has been an outlier. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7 ...