US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is looking forward to working closely and productively with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda, according to a Treasury readout after the two held a virtual ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday the central bank will aim to achieve 2% inflation, as ...

Underlying inflation in Japan is still slightly below the central bank’s target of 2%, Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said, ...

Almost from the moment he was sworn in as Bank of Japan governor, Kazuo Ueda sounded like a guy who wanted to be done with negativity. It just wasn’t obvious why. As the BOJ this week considers ...

A hike will put the BOJ's key rate at 0.5%, its highest level since 2008. Public comments by Governor Kazuo Ueda and a speech by the Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino to business leaders last week have ...

Contrary to the BOJ’s positive lines on private consumption and wage hikes, household spending has declined almost every month for the past two years. Ueda has further tied his hands with his ...

BOJ Governor Ueda Kazuo said last week he was detecting positive signals on wages from business leaders and the bank's regional offices. He hopes to decide on whether to go ahead with raising ...

“For the BOJ, there’s really not much to add or change to this guidance given still very low real interest rates,” said one of the sources, a view echoed by another source. Governor Kazuo Ueda and his ...

Kazuo Ueda said at an event on Wednesday that the BOJ will raise rates next week if economic indicators show improvement. He added that he is aware of "many positive stories" of higher wages.

as Ueda's comments prompted market players to priced in the chance of a rate hike next week. An overwhelming majority of economists polled by Reuters on Jan. 8-15 expected the BOJ to hike rates ...

Governor Ueda Kazuo was speaking to a gathering of regional bank executives on Thursday. He said businesses and BOJ officials are generally positive about wage trends, which he sees as important ...