OKAYAMA--The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% as soon as the second half of next fiscal year, hawkish policymaker Naoki Tamura said on Thursday, reinforcing the bank's ...

BOJ Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino and board member Naoki Tamura have also expressed views that real interest rates should not remain negative for an extended period, with Tamura suggesting rates ...

Recent comments from BOJ hawk Naoki Tamura suggested that the BOJ will hike rates to 1% by the end of the year, heralding at least 0.5% worth of hikes.

But he has remained mum on how far the BOJ could go. Hawkish policymaker Naoki Tamura is the only one in the nine-member BOJ board who has specifically mentioned that the bank should raise rates ...

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Board member Naoki Tamura also said earlier this month the BOJ must raise rates to at least 1% by early 2026. The hawkish BOJ signals have led markets to price in a roughly 80% chance of a rate ...

Earlier this month, the BOJ’s most hawkish board member Naoki Tamura flagged the need for two or more interest rate hikes by early next year, and nominal wages in December also jumped by the ...

with board member Naoki Tamura stating that raising short-term interest rates to "at least around 1%" by the second half of fiscal year 2025 is "necessary". According to a Statistics Bureau of ...

with board member Naoki Tamura stating that raising short-term interest rates to "at least around 1%" by the second half of fiscal year 2025 is "necessary". According to a Statistics Bureau of ...

with board member Naoki Tamura stating that raising short-term interest rates to "at least around 1%" by the second half of fiscal year 2025 is "necessary". According to a Statistics Bureau of ...