Japan's base rates kept on hold
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Japan's key interest rate is kept on hold at 0.5% for a fourth consecutive month amid a slip in consumer prices.
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The European Central Bank keeps its key interest rate on hold at 3.5%, but hints that it may go up next month.
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Business sentiment among big Japanese manufacturers has sunk to a two-year low, a Bank of Japan survey showed on Friday, reinforcing expectations that any rise in interest rates will be delayed to late next year.
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The dollar paused from recent heavy  selling on Wednesday, holding near overnight levels against the  euro and the yen as investors brushed aside revised data that  confirmed sluggish growth in Japan's economy.
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Britain&#39;s central bank, the Bank of England, decided Thursday to leave the base interest rate on hold at 4.75 percent for the fourth month in a row amid signs of a cooling economy.
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The Bank of Japan votes unanimously to keep interest rates on hold at 0.5%, in a widely expected move.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Japan&#39;s ruling party has approved plans to keep its troops in Iraq beyond the original withdrawal date of December 14 this year.
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Japan's central bank decided Thursday to keep monetary policy unchanged to continue efforts to spur an economic recovery.
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Analysts expect the European Central Bank to keep interest rates on hold as jitters continue to affect world markets.
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Japan's Finance Minister Koji  Omi said on Saturday a slide in the value of the yen would not  be singled out for criticism by the Group of Seven club of  wealthy economic powers.
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Japan&#39;s industrial output in July was unchanged from June, official data showed Tuesday, suggesting the economy is still recovering but at a more gradual pace as exports slowed down.
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Business sentiment among big Japanese  manufacturers has sunk to a two-year low, a Bank of Japan  survey showed on Friday, reinforcing expectations that any rise  in interest rates will be delayed to late next year.
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Japan's economy is slowing due to weakness in housing investment and cautious corporate sentiment, the central bank chief said Thursday, hours after the bank left its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 percent.
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Japan&#39;s central bank decided Thursday to leave its monetary policy unchanged to keep the country&#39;s economic recovery going.
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The Bank of Japan opts to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.5% for the seventh month in a row.
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Experts expect the Bank of England to leave interest rates on hold at 4.75% on Thursday.
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The Bank of Japan opts to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.5%, for the sixth month in a row.