Kuroda Says BOJ to Stay on Rate Hike Path

BOJ must raise rates to 1% by latter half of fiscal 2025, board member Tamura says
The Bank of Japan must raise short-term interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of fiscal 2025 to contain inflation risks, board member Naoki Tamura said on Thursday.
Hawkish BOJ Board Member Calls for Faster Rate Hikes
Bank of Japan policy board member Naoki Tamura said, “Raising short-term interest rates to at least around 1% in the latter half of fiscal 2025 is necessary to reduce upside risk to prices and achieve the price stability target in a sustainable and stable manner.
Kuroda Says BOJ to Stay on Rate Hike Path as Deflation Has Ended
Japan has “completely” ended deflation and it’s absolutely natural for the central bank to proceed with rate hikes to normalize policy, according to former BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, whose term was defined by ultra easy monetary settings.
Hawkish BOJ policymaker calls for raising rates at least to 1%
The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish board member Naoki Tamura said on Thursday, remarks that pushed up the yen as they reinforcing bets of a near-term rate hike.
BOJ should lift key rate to 1% in 2nd half of FY 2025: board member
The Bank of Japan should raise its policy interest rate, currently at 0.5 percent, to at least around 1 percent in the latter half of the next fiscal year ending March 2026 to tame inflation, a board member said Thursday.
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BOJ to raise rates again by July, eventually eye hike to 1.5%, says ex-policymaker
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BOJ’s Tamura says interest rate needs to rise to at least 1%
A speech by the board member is likely to further fuel market speculation that more rate hikes are in the pipeline.
Singapore Dollar Steady Amid Caution Over U.S., China Tariffs
Singapore dollar was steady against its U.S. counterpart in the Asian session amid caution over the latest tariffs from the U.S. and China.
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Under Kuroda, the BOJ deployed a massive asset-buying programme dubbed "quantitative and qualitative easing" (QQE) in April ...