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The Bank of Japan is set to keep interest rates steady on Friday and signal cautious optimism that the economy will maintain a moderate recovery that would justify raising still-low borrowing costs further. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda is likely to offer few clues on when the bank might next raise rates, a decision complicated by a fresh bout of market ...

Japan’s central bank on Friday raised economic growth forecasts while holding its key policy rate at 0.75% as the country prepares to go into an election. The Bank of Japan upgraded its economic growth forecast for the fiscal year ending in March 2026 to 0.9% from 0.7% in October 2025, and also raised its GDP expansion outlook for the 2026 fiscal year to 1% ...