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"The BOJ probably believes Japan's neutral rate is slightly below 1%," said Kiuchi, who projects the bank to hike rates to 0.5% in January and 0.75% around September next year.
The BOJ set the overnight call rate as its new policy rate and decided to guide it in a range of 0-0.1% partly by paying 0.1% interest to deposits at the central bank.
The BOJ's decision to stand pat and Governor Kazuo Ueda's dovish comments drove the dollar to a five-month high of 157.80 yen on Friday. Japan's core inflation accelerates, keeps BOJ rate-hike ...
In 1979, when the energy crisis happened, the BOJ raised the official bank rate rapidly. The BOJ succeeded in a quick economic recovery. After overcoming the crisis, they reduced the official bank rate. In 1980, the BOJ reduced the official bank rate from 9.0% to 8.25% in August, to 7.25% in November, and to 5.5% in December in 1981.
In Europe, Sweden's central bank cut rates by 25 basis points and Norway's kept its rates on hold, both as expected. The Bank of England will announces its rate decision at midday. FED-INDUCED SELLOFF
The Mutan interest rate is the un-collateralized overnight call rate in Japan. It is the reference rate for JPY overnight unsecured transactions in the Japanese market. It was launched in July 1985 [ 1 ] and it is the main tool for the transmission of the Bank of Japan 's monetary policy .
Since December 28, 2016, the Bank of Japan has recommended the TONA rate as the preferred Japanese yen risk-free reference rate. [5] [6] TONA rate is recommended as a replacement for Japanese yen LIBOR, which was phased out at the end of 2021, and Euroyen TIBOR, which will be terminated at the end of 2024. [3] [7] [8] [9]
The Bank of Japan is set to maintain ultra-low interest rates next week, and probably signal a less dovish policy outlook due to receding fears of U.S. recession - and the need to keep speculators ...