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Bank of Japan scales back emergency funding as pandemic strains ease

In a widely expected move, the BOJ on Friday maintained its short-term rate target at -0.1% and that for 10-year bond yields around 0%.

BOJ Guv says inflation may approach 2% target through 'various channels'

"It's true there's a chance consumer inflation will approach 2% through various channels," Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda told parliament

Bank of Japan offers huge cash injection to combat rising short-term rates

The central bank on Tuesday made two offers, including one to buy bonds worth 2 trillion yen ($17.6 billion) for immediate fund provision

BOJ policymaker signals chance of ending pandemic-relief programmes

The Bank of Japan may end its pandemic-relief funding programmes in March as corporate funding conditions have improved significantly from the cash crunch last year caused by the COVID-19 crisis

BOJ projects low inflation for years, signals delay in stimulus withdrawal

The Japanese central bank also slashed this year's economic growth forecast on sluggish consumption and the hit to factory output from supply disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

Japan's wholesale inflation hovers near 13-yr high as material costs rise

The corporate goods price index, which measures the price companies charge each other for their goods and services, rose 5.5% in August from a year earlier

Bank of Japan policymakers saw prospects of quicker recovery in April

Bank of Japan board members voiced hope in April that the massive stimulus deployed by nations will quicken Japan's economic recovery, with domestic consumption potentially providing a tailwind

BOJ plans to launch new scheme on climate change, keeps policy steady

The Bank of Japan said on Friday it will launch a new scheme to encourage financial institutions to boost lending and investment for fighting climate change

Japan policy blueprint focuses on green, digital, sticks to fiscal target

For next year's budget, the blueprint urged directing more resources to four areas: digital transformation, a greener society, the revival of regions and childcare support

Japan may see inflation perk up in post-Covid era, says BOJ board member

"Personally, I can't think of any new tool to directly push up prices. If there were one, we would have deployed it already," Adachi said

Japan may see inflation perk up in post-coronavirus era: Bank of Japan

The BOJ currently caps long-term interest rates around zero, and buys huge amounts of government bonds and assets to achieve its elusive 2% inflation target

Central banks to pour money into major economies despite sharp rebound

The outlook suggests officials still want to guarantee the recovery from last year's coronavirus recession by maintaining ultra-low borrowing costs and asset-buying programs

Japan gathering information on Nomura, MUFG losses linked to US client

Japan is looking into the financial losses incurred by MUFG and Nomura through deals related to an unnamed US client, and will gather and share information on the matter with the Bank of Japan

Bank of Japan debated steps to make policy sustainable to battle slowdown

Some BOJ policymakers saw early bright spots in the pandemic-hit economy even as they debated steps to make the bank's ultra-loose monetary policy more sustainable

BOJ forms panel to help guide central bank digital currency experiment

Set to begin experimenting in how to operate a central bank digital currency, the Bank of Japan said it has formed a committee bringing together policymakers and lobbyists to help with the project

Bank of Japan fine-tunes massive stimulus in long drive to boost prices

BOJ said it would allow long-term interest rates to move up and down by 0.25% around its 0% target, instead of by the current implicit band of 0.2%

BOJ widens yield target band, pledges to buy risky assets only when needed

The Bank of Japan widened the band at which it allows long-term interest rates to move around its target, as part of a raft of measures to make its ultra-easy policy more sustainable

Central banks face jumpy bond market with 10 days of policy decisions

While policy makers welcome a modest rise in bond yields as a signal of confidence in the economic outlook, they worry an unchecked jump would undercut recoveries

Japan's bank deposits rise at record pace in Feb as consumers save

Japanese bank deposits rose in February at the fastest annual pace of record, data showed on Monday, as a renewed wave of coronavirus infections prodded households to save rather than spend

Easy money = higher stocks? Think again

It seems intuitively obvious that easy money would find its way into stocks, but evidence on the ground is too thin