HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares advanced Friday after U.S. stocks rose to a record and the Bank of Japan raised its key lending rate. U.S. fu...

The Bank of Japan raised its short-term policy rate to 0.5% from 0.25%This is the highest in 17 yearsThe Bank also raised its price inflatio...

TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan raises its key interest rate to about 0.5%, citing stronger wages and inflation.Copyright 2025 The Associat...

The rate hike post is here:Bank of Japan hikes rates - as widely expectedUSD/JPY dipped lower on the Statement and forecasts. Its dropping f...

The 25-basis-point move marks the first rate increase since July and takes rates to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis.

The move comes in line with expectations from CNBC's survey from Jan 15-20, which saw an overwhelming majority of economists predict a hike.

Still to come is the press conference from Bank of Japan Governor Ueda, due at 0630 GMT (and 0130 US Eastern time for the night owls). Ueda...

Before the Bank of Japan announcement is inflation data from Japan for December. Preview here:Ahead of the Bank of Japan decision on Friday...

Late news:Bank of Japan monetary policy board member Nakamura is attending the meeting by telephone. The BoJ says Nakamura is recovering fr...

USD/JPY is at the highest levels of the day and testing the top of the recent range. The pair is up 85 pips to 156.34.The high last week was...

CNBC conducted the poll, the main points:The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate this week by 25 basis points.A h...

Out of 19 economists, 18 agreed on prospects of a rate hike, with most pointing to a recent change in tone of the BOJ leadership as driving...

Market expectations are high for a Bank of Japan rate hike at their January 23 and 24 meeting this week. Check out this graph from Reuters o...

Nomura assessed Ueda's comments from Wednesday as being enough to shift their forecast for a Bank of Japan interest rate hike from March to...

Bank of Japan Governor Ueda speaking at a BoJ branch manager meetingEarlier comments here: BoJ Gov Ueda says will raise rates if improvement...