Kazuo Ueda has the difficult task of steering the world's third-largest economy out of a time of ultra-easy credit
Annual wage growth drops to 4.5%, below inflation rate of 6.3%
Post-pandemic economy has "confounded all sorts of attempts to predict what it will do"
The BoC will be ready to raise rates further if inflation proves to be more stubborn than expected
Wednesday's summary is expected to shed light on the governing council's most recent rate decision
Has the connection between a vigorous job market and high inflation broken down?
Financial markets, housing market may face rate-driven headwinds
Inflation has slowed but is still fuelling a cost-of-living crisis, public-sector strikes and fears of recession
The increase comes even as the European economy slows
``It would be very premature to declare victory," Powell says