USD/JPY rallies as Trump’s tariffs hit BoJ rate hike bets. Japan inflation, trade, and US data to guide pair’s next move.

The Bank of Japan's increasing caution around raising interest rates further relies heavily on a relatively obscure inflation reading, which policy doves argue suggests weak consumer demand but ...

Major central banks hiked their policy rates in the face of surging inflation, but the Bank of Japan has been an outlier. Food inflation, especially rice prices, is a major factor behind the rise ...

Japans annual wholesale inflation slowed for the third straight month in June, reinforcing the Bank of Japans (BOJ) ...

Japanese real wages in May fell at the fastest pace in nearly two years as persistent inflation continued to outpace wage ...

US wholesale inflation remained flat in June, despite concerns over President Trump's tariffs. The producer price index ...

USD/JPY and AUD/USD move on trade talk progress, US PPI data, and Aussie housing trends. Policy paths in Japan, US, and ...

The surge in rice prices comes as Japan's core inflation rate climbed to 3.7% in May, marking its highest level since January 2023.

TOKYO -- Japan's stubbornly high inflation and U.S. trade tariffs are casting a pall over both this month's upper house election race and the central bank's efforts to normalize monetary policy.

Japanese household spending in May rose 4.7 per cent from a year earlier, internal affairs ministry data showed on Friday, ...

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 despite headline and ...

The surge in rice prices comes as Japan's core inflation rate climbed to 3.7% in May, marking its highest level since January 2023.