New Delhi, April 27 -- Bank of Japan interest rate decision: Bank of Japan (BoJ) will announce its policy decision on Tuesday, 28 April, at a time when the US-Iran conflict has shot up crude oil prices and raised risks of inflation flare-up.

Meanwhile, the US Federal Reserve will also announce their policy decisions this week on 29 April.

The BOJ will most likely keep the interest rates steady even as speculations have been rife that the central bank may hike rates as it pursues its latest monetary tightening goal.

After keeping interest rates near zero for 17 year, the BoJ started monetary tightening in 2024, when it raised rates to a range of 0 to 0.1% from minus 0.1% earlier.

Subsequently, the central bank raised rates on 31 July 2...