Japan interest rates stay on hold
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The Bank of Japan keeps interest rates on hold at 0.25%, after weak consumption and prices data.
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The Bank of Japan opts to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.5% for the seventh month in a row.
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Japan's central bank left its stimulative monetary policy unchanged, as widely expected, in a bid to support the current economic recovery and turn around years of price drops.
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Japan's economy is slowing due to weakness in housing investment and cautious corporate sentiment, the central bank chief said Thursday, hours after the bank left its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 percent.
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The dollar paused from recent heavy selling on Wednesday, edging up against the euro and the yen as investors brushed aside revised data that confirmed sluggish growth in Japan's economy.
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The Bank of Japan is seen holding off raising interest rates on Wednesday, hours after the U.S. central bank slashed rates by a hefty half-percentage point to try to shield the U.S. economy from a housing slump and market turmoil.
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The Bank of Japan is seen holding off  raising interest rates on Wednesday, hours after the U.S.  central bank slashed rates by a hefty half-percentage point to  try to shield the U.S. economy from a housing slump and market  turmoil.
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Confidence in business conditions at major Japanese companies fell from three months ago dampening expectations of an interest rate increase and clouding the outlook for the worldâs No. 2 economy.
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All nine members of the Bank of England&#39;s Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep interest rates unchanged at 4.75 percent this month, and there seemed to be no discussion of raising borrowing costs.
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The European Central Bank keeps its key interest rate on hold at 3.5%, but hints that it may go up next month.
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The Bank of England appears set to hold interest rates steady for at least the next few months after revealing policymakers did not even discuss raising borrowing costs at their November meeting.
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The Japanese government says deflation is being brought under control, despite predicting that economic growth will slow during the next fiscal year.
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UK interest rates have been kept on hold at 4.75% following the latest meeting of the Bank of England&#39;s rate-setting committee.
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TOKYO  â The Bank of Japan left its policy rate target unchanged at 0.5 percent on Friday as expected, with turbulence in financial markets and fears about a United States recession heightening concerns over the economic outlook.
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Bank of Japan says prices will rise 0.1% in &#39;05, but it will likely keep ultra-low interest rates. TOKYO  - Japan&#39;s five-year bout with deflation is likely to end next year, the Bank of Japan said
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The Bank of England keeps UK rates on hold for the second month in row after fears of cooling house prices.
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The Bank of Japan could raise rates before the end of the year, minutes from its latest meeting show.