Japan's core consumer price index—which includes gasoline prices but does not include fresh food—rose 3% annually in December ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its ...

Japan's central bank has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a ...

The Bank of Japan is expected to raise rates by 25 basis points later in the day as it concludes its monetary policy meeting.

Japan’s consumer price growth picked up in December, adding to evidence of steady inflation just hours before the central ...

Japan's annual rate of consumer price inflation accelerated to 3.0 percent in December from 2.7 percent the month before, government data showed Friday.

A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation hit 2.9% in December as prices rose for a broad range of services such as accommodation and transportation, data showed, keeping alive ...

The solid inflation data support the case for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates later on Friday, a move widely anticipated by markets and economists. Speculation of a January rate hike has ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

The Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate Friday to the highest level in 17 years and took a more bullish view on the ...

The annual inflation rate in Japan jumped to 3.6% in December 2024 from 2.9% in the prior month, marking the highest reading since January 2023. Food prices rose at the steepest pace in a year (6. ...

The Bank of Japan has raised short-term interest rates by a quarter point, the highest in 17 years, signalling efforts to normalise monetary policy in response to persistent inflation and increasing ...