The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the central bank of Japan. Established under the Bank of Japan Act in 1882, it is a juridical entity and neither a government agency nor a private corporation.

The exchange-traded funds (ETFs) owned by the BOJ are collectively worth 4.3 trillion yen more than the figure for the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which was the largest shareholder ...

On the final day of its two-day policy board meeting, the BOJ also decided to halve its monthly purchase of government bonds to about 3 trillion yen ($19 billion) by the first quarter of 2026.

While the BOJ shouldn’t rush any interest rate hikes when the economy is at a renewed risk of falling back into deflation, the central bank is unlikely to do something that interferes with the ...

Japan's services producer price index, which measures the price companies charge each other for services, rose 2.9% in October from a year earlier, BOJ data showed, accelerating from a 2.8% gain ...

Such steps would come in the wake of the BOJ's exit from ultra-low interest rates, which increases the cost of funding Japan's 1,100-trillion-yen debt pile - the biggest among advanced nations and ...

Japan could have faced deflation for several years starting around 2016 without the Bank of Japan’s massive monetary stimulus program, according to research published by the central bank. The re ...

DEPUTY Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Jide Lewis says that all banks are expected to be prepared for the increased demand for cash during the upcoming holiday season. “I think during ...

The BOJ's holdings of long-term government bonds stood at 582.99 trillion yen at the end of the fiscal first half, down 1.6 trillion yen from a year earlier and marking the first decline in 16 years.

THE Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) said it has now received approval from Cabinet to spend an estimated $420 million to hire a consultant for its planned development of a second tower on the eastern car ...

A chart in the paper showed prices moving below zero until around 2022. As is customary for research from individual BOJ economists, the paper notes that the views expressed aren’t the central ...

While the BOJ shouldn’t rush any interest rate hikes when the economy is at a renewed risk of falling back into deflation, the central bank is unlikely to do something that interferes with the ...