Headline cash pay growth slipped to 2.8 per cent in January from 4.4 per cent in December. Growth in one-off bonus payments fell 3.7 per cent after December’s 6.2 per cent rise, which helped pull the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday the central bank was close to achieving its 2% inflation target. "The ...

TOKYO] Japan’s workers saw their base pay rise at the fastest clip in 32 years, a result that sends a positive signal to the ...

Japan must fix "any misunderstanding" held by U.S. President Donald Trump that its central bank was intentionally weakening ...

Bank of Japan officials are leaning toward keeping interest rates unchanged this month after their hike in January and as ...

Inflationary pressure from wage gains and prolonged rises in food costs could prompt Bank of Japan board members to discuss ...

TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda on Friday promised to respond to abnormal rises in bond yields, as expectations for monetary tightening sent Japanese government bond yields to multiyear highs.

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) announced on Thursday it would maintain its benchmark interest rate at 6 per cent, striking a cautious balance between supporting economic recovery and guarding against ...

That may boost pressure on the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to hike its benchmark rate at a faster pace than previously expected. Cabbage prices at 2.6 times their five-year average are a particular problem ...

TOKYO :The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates more as keeping them at current low levels could cause excessive risk-taking and push up inflation too much, its board member Hajime Takata said ...

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan needs to keep adjusting the degree of monetary accommodation, policy board member Hajime Takata said Wednesday, as he warned about the risk of inflation climbing too high.