07:59 AM EDT, 03/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The Bank of Japan this week will keep its policy rate unchanged at 0.5%, the highest since 2008, said Daiwa Capital Markets.

The BoJ is scheduled to release its policy statement on Tuesday, at 10:30 p.m. ET.

However, not least given positive signals from this year's spring wage settlements, Governor Kazuo Ueda will likely again signal the BoJ's desire to tighten policy further despite heightened uncertainties related to possible United States 'reciprocal' trade tariffs, stated Daiwa.