Researchers at Ontario’s experimental lakes area say they completed the first study that shows dogs can smell oil spills even ...

Trump’s tariffs apply to about 40 per cent of US imports (excluding Mexico, the share is about one-quarter). But while the scope of the new duties is broad, the US is not a very open economy: in 2024, ...

TOKYO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will likely raise interest rates again around June or July, and seek to triple its policy rate to at least 1.5% in the next two years, former BOJ board ...

The BOJ decided on Jan 24 to offer no new lending from July under its fund-provisioning programme to stimulate bank lending. The programme’s outstanding loans stood at ¥77 trillion (S$672 ...

The BOJ decided on Friday to offer no new lending from July under its fund-provisioning program to stimulate bank lending. The program’s outstanding loans stood at ¥77 trillion ($496 billion ...

Under its current guidance, the BOJ pledges to continue raising its short-term policy rate if economic and price developments move in line with its forecasts. "For the BOJ, there's really not much ...

BOJ executives probably want to raise short-term rates at least to 1.5% by the end of fiscal 2026, so they have scope to reduce borrowing costs when the economy faces another downturn, Sakurai said.

The BOJ fumbled its communication in December, surprising investors when it left rates steady, but then telegraphed Friday’s increase so unambiguously that markets had 90% priced it in and took ...

Some 56% of 45 BOJ watchers expect the next hike to come in July, according to the poll conducted Monday, following the central bank’s decision Friday to bring rates up to the highest level ...

The BOJ decided on Friday to offer no new lending from July under its fund-provisioning program to stimulate bank lending. The program’s outstanding loans stood at ¥77 trillion ($496 billion ...

If the BOJ continues to raise the rate, it will become close to the so-called neutral rate of interest, which neither stimulates nor cools the economy. The BOJ expects to raise the policy rate to ...