The Bank of Japan maintained its ultra loose monetary policy in the first rate-setting meeting chaired by Governor Kazuo Ueda and announced a broad review of the current stance.The Policy Board unanimously decided to maintain a negative interest rate of -0.1 percent on current accounts that financial institutions maintain at the central bank.The BoJ also unanimously decided to keep its yield curve...
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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.