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Bank of Japan Rate Decision

Bank of Japan Rate Decision 1 May 2025

Bank of Japan Rate Decision 1 May 2025: 0.5%, in line with the forecast and unchanged from 0.5% in March 2025. It was released on Thu 1 May 2025 at 03:00 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Bank of Japan. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
0.5%
Forecast
0.5%
The market consensus
Previous
0.5%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: The yen’s move depends on guidance and the vote; an anticipated decision with no new signal often produces a muted response.

Bank of Japan Rate Decision 1 May 2025: 0.5% against a 0.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
1 May 2025—0.5%0.5%0.5%
19 Mar 2025—0.5%0.5%0.5%
24 Jan 2025—0.5%0.5%0.25%
19 Dec 2024—0.25%0.25%0.25%
31 Oct 2024—0.25%0.25%0.25%
20 Sep 2024—0.25%0.25%0.25%
31 Jul 2024—0.25%0.1%0.1%
14 Jun 2024—0.1%0.1%0.1%
26 Apr 2024—0.1%0.1%0.1%
19 Mar 2024—0.1%0.1%-0.1%
23 Jan 2024—-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%
19 Dec 2023—-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%
The release before:Bank of Japan Rate Decision 19 March 2025The release after:Bank of Japan Rate Decision 17 June 2025Bank of Japan Rate Decision: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar