The US dollar on Friday, February 14, ended trading at $158.20 up by 4 cents according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily ...

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Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said Friday the central bank must maintain an accommodative monetary policy to support economic growth and ensure the underlying inflation gradually moves ...

Speaking at the Lower House budget committee on Friday, Ueda said the BOJ’s policy settings are still accommodative after recent rate hikes and that would remain the case as the central bank ...

Focus was squarely on the BOJ, which is widely expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points at the conclusion of a meeting on Friday. Recent signs of resilience in the Japanese economy ...

BofA noted that if the BOJ does hike rates now, the market is likely to adopt the view that further hikes will be unlikely until at least after the Upper House elections later this year. “ ...

Ahead of Trump’s inauguration, BOJ officials saw a good chance of a rate hike at the end of this week’s two-day meeting, provided the president didn’t unleash too many negative surprises ...

“The BOJ has sent out a clear message that a rate hike will be on the table, so I think the possibility of raising rates is quite high,” said Masahiro Ichikawa, chief market strategist at ...

The yen was alone among Group-of-10 currencies in rising against the dollar on Tuesday as traders wagered that Donald Trump’s first salvo on tariffs won’t stop a potential interest rate hike ...

Speculation rises on BoJ rate hike from 0.25% to 0.50%, first since July 2024, lifting yen. Hawkish comments from BoJ Governor Ueda and Deputy Governor Himino suggest monetary tightening.