Japan keeps interest rates level
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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, June 7 (Jiji Press)--Foreign investors last month stayed net buyers of Japanese stocks for the 11th consecutive month with their appetite boosted by equity market surges worldwide, a Tokyo Stock Exchange report showed Thursday.
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The Nikkei average edged up 0.23 percent  by mid-morning on Tuesday as investors remained optimistic  about Japan's economy and bought banks and shares in firms that  depend on domestic business.
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Japan&#39;s economy outperformed both the  United States and the euro zone in January-March for the second  straight quarter, reinforcing expectations the Bank of Japan  will raise rates in August.
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The Japanese government left its view unchanged that the domestic economy is recovering, but warned that a high yen could hurt export-led growth.
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The Bank of England keeps UK interest rates unchanged at 5.5%, despite signs of a consumer spending slowdown.
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Japan&#39;s central bank yesterday predicted the economy would shift into inflation for the first time since 1997 during the next fiscal year, though it strongly signalled that this would not trigger a tightening of monetary policy.
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The Bank of Japan will raise a key interest rate to 0.25 percent from zero next week, a news report said Tuesday, amid conflicting signals from government officials over the wisdom of such a move.
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The Bank of England held its benchmark interest rate steady at a six-year high of 5.5 percent after reports that price inflation is slowing in the services and housing sectors. The bank raised rates last month after three other rises since August apparently failed to cool inflationary pressures and a buoyant housing market. Even after the European Central Bank raised rates Wednesday by a quarter-point, to 4 percent, Britainâs rates remain the highest among the worldâs seven wealthiest nations. Most economists expect a rise of a quarter of a percentage point next month in British rates. as the Bank of England tries to bring consumer price index inflation back to its 2 percent target from its current level of 2.8 percent.
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The Bank of England keeps UK interest rates at 4.75% following its latest meeting.
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Japan's central bank kept its loose monetary policy unchanged Friday amid signs that keeping ample cash flowing in the financial system is necessary to keep the nation's economic recovery going.
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Bank of Japan says prices will rise 0.1% in &#39;05, but it will likely keep ultra-low interest rates. TOKYO  - Japan&#39;s five-year bout with deflation is likely to end next year, the Bank of Japan said
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Japan's economic recovery is on track as structural reforms take root but soaring global oil prices pose a question mark, the central bank chief says.
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Japanâs central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.5 percent, saying it wanted to wait until after this monthâs elections to reassess the economy. The decision matched expectations of analysts who predicted that the Bank of Japan did not want to risk rattling markets or the public by tightening credit before the July 29 parliamentary polls. The bankâs governing board voted 8-to-1 on the decision, which came at the end of a two-day policy meeting, increasing the chance that the central bank will raise rates in August. The bank lasst raised its benchmark interest rate in February, when it lifted it from 0.25 percent.
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Federal Reserve policymakers held short-term interest rates steady today, but indicated they remain ready to raise borrowing costs if strong economic growth fuels inflation pressures.
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The Bank of Japan is seen holding off raising interest rates on Wednesday, hours after the U.S. central bank slashed rates by a hefty half-percentage point to try to shield the U.S. economy from a housing slump and market turmoil.
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The Bank of Japan is seen holding off  raising interest rates on Wednesday, hours after the U.S.  central bank slashed rates by a hefty half-percentage point to  try to shield the U.S. economy from a housing slump and market  turmoil.