News with the tag "BoJ"

The US Treasury Department has told the Bank of Japan to keep hiking interest rates, saying it’s the only way to stop the yen from staying weak and to fix the trade imbalance between both countries. This warning came in the department’s latest foreign-exchange report to Congress, released on Thursda...

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari has cautioned that the U.S. central bank’s battle against inflation could become increasingly complicated. This is due to ongoing trade policy uncertainty and the potential long-term effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. In a speech ...

Japan is looking to cut back on how many super-long government bonds it issues this year, as pressure mounts from rising yields and growing anxiety about the country’s debt. The decision is being weighed by the Ministry of Finance, according to Reuters , and will likely be finalized in June after ta...

BitcoinWorld Bank of Japan Signals Crucial Rate Hikes Amid Surging Japan Inflation For those watching global markets and the potential shifts impacting cryptocurrency, signals from major central banks are always critical. The Bank of Japan (BOJ), long an outlier with its ultra-loose monetary policy,...

Government data on Friday showed Japan’s core inflation jumped to 3.5% in April, its highest in more than 2 years. The rise is attributed to the country’s inclined prices as the central bank considers pausing its rate hike posture to assess the impact of U.S. tariffs. The country’s core inflation fi...

Japanese government bonds edged up slightly on Friday, clawing back ground after a brutal week that saw yields on long-term debt hit historic highs. The rebound followed five straight days of selloffs, driven by inflation concerns, weak investor appetite, and rising anxiety over Japan’s ballooning f...

Berkshire Hathaway is in deep trouble as Japan’s bond market unravels, and Warren Buffett refuses to even glance at Bitcoin, which just crossed a record-breaking $111,000. The current historic surge in Japanese bond yields is threatening to blow up the exact strategy Warren used to justify his billi...

Japan recorded a decline in exports in April, as shipments to the US dipped amid the fallout from President Trump’s tariffs, posing a fresh challenge to an already fragile recovery in the world’s fourth-largest economy. With levies on US-bound goods set to deepen later this year, analysts warn that ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said early talks with Japan and South Korea this week were “productive,” according to Reuters on Friday. After meeting with Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato in Washington, Bessent said he “welcomed the strong start” between the two countries as they opened...

In the ever-turbulent world of cryptocurrency and global finance, keeping an eye on macroeconomic trends is crucial. Just as Bitcoin dances to the tune of global liquidity, understanding the moves of major central banks like the Bank of Japan (BOJ) offers valuable insights. Recently, all eyes have b...