The Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to the highest level since 2008 and took a more bullish view on the strength of inflation.

Japan's central bank raised interest rates to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts.

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 decided last month to lift its short-term interest rate to a 17-year high of about 0.5 per cent. Rising ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% ...

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SINGAPORE--A week ago Japan raised interest rates for the first time since 2007 in a move that marked a historic shift in monetary policy. Yet the currency fell. Now Japanese officials are talking ...

At its two-day meeting concluding on Friday, the BOJ raised its short-term policy rate from 0.25% to 0.5%, a level Japan has not seen in 17 years. It was made in a 8 to 1 vote with board member ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to ... an ever-larger share of their credit card debts even with interest rates near multi-decade highs, a sign of growing strain ...