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The Bank of Japan (BOJ)<\/strong> is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged<\/strong> at its policy meeting concluding on Thursday, while warning of mounting risks to the fragile Japanese economy stemming from U.S. tariff escalation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Governor Kazuo Ueda<\/strong> signaled last week in Washington that while the BOJ remains committed to eventually raising interest rates<\/strong>, any further tightening will hinge on whether moderate economic recovery<\/strong> and underlying inflation<\/strong> trends continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources told Reuters that despite anticipated downgrades to growth forecasts<\/strong>, the BOJ will likely maintain the view that U.S. tariff impacts won\u2019t fundamentally derail wage increases<\/strong> or the inflation path<\/strong> critical for justifying future rate hikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump\u2019s tariff threats<\/strong>, particularly the 25% duty on Japanese car exports<\/strong>, have hit sentiment in Japan\u2019s export-dependent economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A weaker yen<\/strong> further complicates matters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, despite external risks, the BOJ may avoid sounding too dovish<\/strong> to prevent renewed yen depreciation<\/strong>, which could reignite tensions with Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The BOJ must balance acknowledging downside risks while keeping market expectations for further rate hikes alive,” said a senior economist at a major Tokyo brokerage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In a Reuters poll conducted in April:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nevertheless, policy normalization could be slower than initially anticipated<\/strong>, as big exporters rethink wage hikes<\/strong> for next year under pressure from trade war uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bottom Line:<\/strong> The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged at its policy meeting concluding on Thursday, while warning of mounting risks to the fragile Japanese economy stemming from U.S. tariff escalation. Governor Kazuo Ueda signaled last week in Washington that while the BOJ remains committed to eventually raising interest rates, any …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":71426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6827,49,37,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-daily-economic-reports","category-economic-reports","category-forex-markets","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114088,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114087\/revisions\/114088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Key Expectations:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Short-term interest rates are expected to be held at 0.5%<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The BOJ is expected to push back<\/strong> the timeline for sustainably reaching its 2% inflation target<\/strong>, beyond the latter half of fiscal 2025<\/strong>, compared to January’s projections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
A downward revision<\/strong> is expected, reflecting damage from global trade disruptions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nWeaker Yen Adds to Policy Dilemma<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The BOJ is likely to stay cautious<\/strong> for now \u2014 wary of both external trade shocks<\/strong> and domestic inflation dynamics<\/strong> \u2014 and will signal that while rate hikes are still on the table<\/strong>, the timeline is growing increasingly uncertain<\/strong>.
Markets will be watching closely for any shifts in language hinting at how the BOJ plans to navigate between global volatility<\/strong> and domestic pressures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"