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The Bank of Japan is growing more confident about the possibility of exiting from negative interest rates, signaling a potential shift in its monetary policy. The central bank's optimism is driven by the country's economic recovery and the diminishing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This development suggests a potential change in the Bank of Japan's approach to stimulating the economy.
The Bank of Japan has maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy, keeping interest rates at -0.1% and trimming its core inflation forecast for the next fiscal year. The decision was widely expected, and the central bank's move to retain negative rates makes it the only one in the world with such a policy. The BOJ's outlook for the Japanese economy includes a lowered growth forecast for core consumer prices in fiscal 2024, but a marginal increase for fiscal 2025. Governor Kazuo Ueda is set to explain the decision in a press conference, with market consensus pointing to a potential change in the negative rates regime at the BOJ's April meeting.
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to maintain ultralow interest rates at its upcoming policy meeting, as it assesses whether the price and wage hike cycle is on track to achieve its 2 percent inflation target sustainably. Financial markets are looking for clues on when the BOJ will normalize monetary policy by ending negative rates and scrapping its yield curve control program. The BOJ remains an outlier among major central banks, as the US Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates next year, while the European Central Bank and the Bank of England have held off on hikes.