Bloomberg The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to hold firm next week with expectations of policy adjustments this year weakening among economists unless the yen breaches the 140 mark against the dollar. All but one of 45 analysts said the bank will leave its yield curve control program and asset purchases untouched at the conclusion of a two-day meeting ...

  Bloomberg Peru raised borrowing costs for an 11th straight month with a half percentage point interest rate hike to curb the fastest inflation in a quarter century, which triggered rioting in the recent months. The central bank increased its policy rate to 5.5% from 5%, in line with forecasts. The new rate is the highest since 2009. Central banks ...

  Bloomberg Even the prospect of an historic rate hike isn’t enough to bolster the euro, which is feeling the weight of risks from the region’s uneven economic recovery and the war in Ukraine. The common currency shrugged off the European Central Bank’s (ECB) most hawkish messaging in more than a decade and its planned reversal from an era of ...