KOBE, Japan, June 25 : The Bank of Japan should raise interest rates at a pace of once every few months to push them towards levels deemed neutral to the economy, hawkish board member Naoki Tamura said on Thursday.In a speech, Tamura estimated that Japan's neutral rate lies somewhere around 2 per cent, which

The Bank of Japan is growing more concerned about persistent inflation, with some policymakers advocating faster interest rate hikes after raising the policy rate to 1%, the…

Tokyo, June 24 (Jiji Press)--Many Bank of Japan policymakers cited the need for the central bank to continue increasing interest rates, at its latest policy meeting in which the…