BOJ’s Ueda: Says rates will rise if outlook strengthens, inflation to re-accelerate | Metals Mine

  • BOJ’s Ueda: Says rates will rise if outlook strengthens, inflation to re-accelerate

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    Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda reinforced the central bank’s tightening bias, signalling that further rate hikes remain likely if incoming data strengthen confidence in the Bank’s economic and inflation forecasts. In comments reported by Yomiuri, Ueda said the BoJ’s “basic stance” is to continue raising interest rates if the probability of its growth and price projections materialising increases. While underlying inflation has yet to fully reach the 2% target, policy will be guided to ensure it converges sustainably to around that level without overshooting on a persistent basis. Ueda added that the Bank ... (full story)

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Trader#74F6
Feb 25, 2026 6:15pm
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Here you go JPY going to go up
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Trader#9DB3
Feb 25, 2026 7:41pm
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if review data at march & april meetings, means no rate hike then , probably in June 2026
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Trader#0D1A
Feb 25, 2026 7:43pm
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That Takaichi is going to come out to talk again later …… blah blah blah JPY will go weak again zZzZz lolzzzz
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