According to the Nikkei Shimbun, the Bank of Japan will hold a monetary policy meeting on December 18-19 to raise the policy interest rate currently at 0.5%, and it has now entered the final coordination stage. The most likely plan is to raise the interest rate by 25 basis points to 0.75%, reaching the highest level in the 30 years since 1995. Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and other executives have hinted at their intention to submit a rate hike proposal. According to a survey, among the nin...
According to market news, the Bank of Japan believes that its rate hike cycle may be extended until interest rates exceed 0.75%. The Bank of Japan has not yet been able to determine the exact level of the neutral interest rate, and still believes that the range of neutral interest rates will remain broad.
Takayasu Kudo, an economist at Bank of America, wrote in a note that policy rate increases are expected to continue every six months after the BoJ raised its target rate from 0.5 per cent to 0.75 per cent at its December 18-19 meeting. "Based on recent developments in corporate earnings, wage negotiations, the depreciation of the yen in the foreign exchange market, and dialogue with the government, the BoJ is increasingly convinced that it can raise rates at its upcoming December meeting," he sa...
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: I hope to further clarify the path of future interest rate hikes after interest rates rise to 0.75%. (Jin Ten)
Reuters poll: 53% of economists say the Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates to 0.75% in December. Economists agree that the Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates to at least 0.75% by the end of the first quarter next year. Salary increases in labor negotiations next year are expected to be 4.90%, down from 5.25% this year (Jin Ten)
Reuters poll: 52% of economists expect the Bank of Japan to raise the base rate to at least 0.75% by the end of this year.
Reuters poll: 52% of economists expect the Bank of Japan to raise the base rate to at least 0.75% by the end of this year. (Jin 10)