Japan’s inflation above goal for over 3 years, however the place is BOJ?

Japan’s inflation above goal for over 3 years, however the place is BOJ?

Customers check out vegetables and other groceries at a supermarket in Tokyo on June 20, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Major central banks have hiked their policy rates in the face of surging inflation since the Covid-19 pandemic — but the Bank of Japan has been an outlier. It has stayed put … Read more

BOJ to sluggish bond purchases, holds charges at 0.5%

BOJ to sluggish bond purchases, holds charges at 0.5%

A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Japan (BoJ) building in central Tokyo on July 28, 2023. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s central bank on Tuesday said it would slow the pace of government bond purchases from April next year, while it also held the benchmark rate at 0.5% amid rising … Read more