Bank of Japan (BoJ)

Interdependence requires payment overhaul

Central banks need to adjust their oversight of payment and settlement systems to the new reality of heightened interdependence in financial markets, said Haruyuki Toyama, a deputy director general at the Bank of Japan at SIBOS, an industry forum…

Japanese productivity boosted by IT

Since the turn of the millennium, technological progress appears to have raised levels of Japanese productivity, new research published by the country's central bank finds.

BoJ minutes: Japan's economy slowing

Japan's economic growth has slowed further, reflecting weaker growth in business fixed investment and private consumption, say the minutes of the Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy Council meeting on 14 and 15 July.

Japan will bounce back: central bank

Growth is sluggish and inflation at its highest level since the early 1990s, but the Japanese economy remains on course to recover, the country's central bank said.

BoJ series on Japan's economic trends

The Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies at the Bank of Japan has published a series of discussion papers covering a host of domestic economic and financial issues.

Japan faces fragile loan demand

Loan demand from Japanese firms worsened significantly from April to July and reached the lowest level since July 2004, according to the Bank of Japan's quarterly opinion survey of senior loan officials.

Tightening prospects fade in Japan

The prospects for a rate hike in Japan in the near future have become even smaller after a quarterly report by the Bank of Japan indicated that economic conditions have worsened in eight of the country's nine regions since April.

Japan shows resistance to turmoil

Japan's economy expanded moderately and exports continued to increase from October 2007 to March 2008, according to a report published by the Bank of Japan.

BoJ Americas chief to take director-general role

Tadashi Nunami, the general manager for the Americas and chief representative at the Bank of Japan's New York office, will replace Toshio Idesawa as director-general of the central bank's international department.

BoJ publishes rate-meeting minutes

Some members of the Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy Council suggested the institution should communicate that it always pays close attention to both economic and price developments, minutes of the May rate-setting meeting reveal.

Japan struggles to fill board vacancies

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has stuck with its controversial nomination of Kazuhito Ikeo to fill one of the two positions on the nine-member policy board of the Bank of Japan.

BoJ: risks to global growth keeps rate on hold

Downside risks to global growth have increased due to continuing disruptions in global financial markets and sluggish growth in the United States, according to minutes of the Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy Council meeting in April.

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