The Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy on Thursday despite the sharp weakening of the yen amid tightening stance adopted by its global peers. The policy board, governed by Haruhiko Kuroda, decided to maintain a negative interest rate of -0.1 percent on current accounts that financial institutions maintain at the central bank.The bank will continue to purchase a necessary amou...
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.