Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. shares closed at a record high as Japanese lenders gained on optimism they will further benefit from rising interest rates boosting their lending income.Most Read f
The yen rose on Thursday as comments from Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino reaffirmed views that the central bank will keep raising rates this year.Most Read from BloombergManhattan’s Mornin
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The yen strengthened and Japanese government bond yields rose to fresh multi-year highs on Friday after the Bank of Japan hiked interest rates as expected and raised its inflation forecasts.
The bank’s pledge to seek more rate hikes sent Japanese government bond yields higher and boosted the yen. In recent trading: The policy-sensitive two-year yield briefly reached 0.725% ...
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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, known as MUFG, is Japan’s largest banking group, with 8.0% share of domestic loans and 11.6% of deposits as of March 2024. It was also the most global among Japanese banks in terms of the contribution of overseas operations to profits and balance sheet,
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, with a 7.2% share of domestic loans and 9.0% of deposits as of March 2024, is one of Japan’s Big Three banking groups. Compared with its two megabank rivals, SMFG has a greater focus on retail customers and small and medium-size enterprises rather than large corporate clients.
The Bank of Japan has raised its interest rates by 25 basis points, signifying the end of an era of historically low interest rates.
Asian stock markets are trading mixed on Thursday, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight, after the US Fed
Initially, the tech-led equity selloff created favorable conditions for a Japanese Yen rally due to risk aversion and declining USD rates. However, a rate hike by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) on Friday, coupled with unbalanced positioning,
Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group said third-quarter net profit surged 54% on a boost in interest income, putting it on track to post record annual profit and eclipse its forecasts for the year.