All BOJ Watchers See Rate Hike Next Week as Hiking Cycle Resumes

All BOJ Watchers See Rate Hike Next Week as Hiking Cycle Resumes

The Bank of Japan will raise its policy interest rate next week, resuming the hiking cycle for the first time since January, according to a Bloomberg survey of BOJ watchers.

Japan markets face ‘behind the curve’ rate risk on faster inflation, BlackRock’s Chiguchi says

TOKYO, Dec 11 : Japanese markets could be jolted next year if the central bank finds itself “behind the curve” in taming inflation, according to BlackRock Japan’s chief investment strategist Yuichi Chiguchi. The Bank of Japan is widely expected to increase its key policy rate next week by a quarter percentage point to 0.75 per cent, still well below an inflation rate that is around 3 per cent. If price growth accelerates into the second half of …

Will the Bank of Japan Finally Hike Rates?

Join host Elizaveta Gridneva as she sits down with Nicholas Ng of Daiwa Asset Management to unpack Japan’s potential shift toward higher interest rates. Together, they explore what a BOJ hike could mean for yields, market sentiment, and the strategies investors across Japan and the Asia-Pacific region are gravitating toward.