Japan ups interest rates to 0.5%
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Japan's central bank shows signs of confidence in the country's economy, raising interest rates to 0.5%.
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The Nikkei average rose 0.5 percent by midsession on Monday, recovering from a four-day losing streak on bargain-hunting in banks and some blue chips due to their brighter earnings prospects.
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Economist said the rate increase hardly seems enough to interrupt the huge flow of cheap yen out of Japan that now helps prop up global markets.
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The Nikkei average rose 0.5 percent by  midsession on Monday, recovering from a four-day losing streak  on bargain-hunting in banks and some blue chips due to their  brighter earnings prospects.
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The Bank of Japan left its policy rate target unchanged at 0.5 percent on Friday as expected.
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Japan's economic growth rate was revised upward to an annual pace of 1.0 percent for the April-June quarter, as the world's second-largest economy expanded for a sixth straight quarter on the back of healthy private consumption, the Cabinet Office said Monday.
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The Nikkei average rose 0.53 percent by midsession on Tuesday as investors remained optimistic about Japan&#39;s economy, buying banks such as Mizuho Financial Group and shares in firms tied to domestic business.
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The Nikkei average rose 0.53 percent by  midsession on Tuesday as investors remained optimistic about  Japan's economy, buying banks such as Mizuho Financial Group  and shares in firms tied to domestic business.
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Federal Reserve officials raised a key short-term interest rate yesterday for the fifth time this year, and indicated they will gradually move rates higher next year to keep inflation under control as the economy expands.
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Short-term interest rates were raised for the fifth time this year on Tuesday. The Federal Reserve has hiked the base rate a quarter-point to 2.25-percent.
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Japan's key interest rate is kept on hold at 0.5% for a fourth consecutive month amid a slip in consumer prices.
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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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The Nikkei average rose 0.53 percent by midsession on Tuesday as investors remained optimistic about Japan's economy, buying banks such as Mizuho Financial Group and shares in firms tied to domestic business.
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Confidence at major Japanese companies remained unchanged from three months ago, a closely watched Bank of Japan survey showed, possibly reinforcing expectations that the central bank would raise interest rates in August.
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Japan's economy got more good news Friday as the government said consumer prices rose for the fifth straight month and the jobless rate dropped in October.
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The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by a quarter-point to 5.75 percent on Thursday, the highest level for more than six years, in a bid to dampen inflation.
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The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates next week for the first time in nearly six years in a sign that the Japanese economy is gaining momentum, news reports say.