By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese household spending rose in June at a slower rate than market participants had ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese household spending in June rose 1.3% from a year earlier, internal affairs ministry data showed on Friday, short of the median market forecast for a 2.6% rise. On a ...

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. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7 ...

Headline inflation climbed 3.6% from a year ago, steady from the prior month and staying above the Bank of Japan's 2% target for more than three years. Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda has ...

It has stayed put despite headline and core inflation running above its target of 2% since April 2022, and despite headline inflation's two-year high of 4% in January. So-called "core-core ...

The core inflation figure was higher than expectations of 3.4%. Headline inflation climbed 3.6% from a year ago. Japan’s core inflation accelerated to 3.5% in April, government data showed on ...

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 ...