BOJ Likely to Raise Inflation Forecast Amid Rising Food, Oil Prices – Bloomberg

BOJ likely to raise inflation forecast amid rising food, oil prices – Bloomberg

Experts issue warning as beloved staple food could be wiped out: 'It's quite possible'

As a country whose history has been closely tied to rice cultivation, Japan's current "Reiwa rice crisis" is worse than just a dietary inconvenience. The staple crop shortage has put farmers, consumers, and politicians on edge as they worry that its entire future is under threat, the Guardian reported. What's happening? A perfect storm of factors have combined to trigger, and exacerbate, the crisis.  Record-breaking temperatures made for a small…

BOJ Is Said Likely to Consider Raising Inflation Forecast

Bank of Japan officials are likely to consider raising at least one of their inflation forecasts at a policy meeting later this month, after rice and food-related prices rose more than expected, according to people familiar with the matter.

BOJ completes sale of stock holdings, market focus shifts to ETFs

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan finished selling off its holdings of stocks bought from 2002 to 2010 in a rare programme to avert disruption to …

Bank of Japan likely to consider raising inflation forecast: sources

Bank of Japan (BOJ) officials are likely to consider raising at least one of their inflation forecasts at a policy meeting later this month, after rice and food-related prices rose more than expected, according to sources familiar with the matter.