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Japan's central bank on Tuesday finally ended its experiment with negative rates and unconventional easing tools which were aimed at reflating the world's fourth-largest economy.
TOKYO -- The Japanese yen fell sharply against the dollar on Tuesday, after the Bank of Japan called an end to the world's last negative interest rate policy.
TOKYO — Xi Jinping’s inner circle in Beijing is probably breathing a little easier as the Bank of Japan steps away from 23 years of quantitative easing (QE).
Japan's central bank raised interest rates on Tuesday for the first time since 2007, ending the world's only negative rates regime and other unconventional policy easing measures enacted over the course of the last few decades to combat deflation.
Japan's largest federation of trade union, Rengo, on Friday said that workers at the country's biggest firms are set for the sharpest wage spike in more than three decades, setting the stage for the central bank to exit the world's last negative rates regime.
Speculation is swirling that the Bank of Japan may move to exit the world's last negative rate policy as early as next week, when policymakers gather for their March meeting.
This is CNBC's live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets.
TOKYO — With the Nikkei 225 surging to 34-year highs, the conventional wisdom is that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) now has greater confidence — and political cover — to raise interest rates and end decades of quantitative easing (QE).