BOJ to keep rates steady, deliver hawkish signal as price pressures mount

TOKYO, July 31 : The Bank of Japan is set to keep interest rates steady on Friday but signal its resolve to continue pushing up borrowing costs, as mounting price pressures from the weak yen and Middle East conflict risk driving underlying inflation above its target.The expected hawkish signals from the BOJ would echo

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday left its benchmark interest rate unchanged, even as a renewed spike in oil prices, trigger