The Bank of Japan left its monetary policy stimulus unchanged but upgraded its growth outlook citing government's economic measures.The Policy Board of the BoJ, on Tuesday, voted 7-2 to retain the interest rate at -0.1 percent on current accounts that financial institutions maintain at the central bank.The board maintained it yield target for 10-year Japanese government bonds at around zero percen...
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May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.