BOJ Governor Signals Continued Rate Hikes Amid Low Real Interest Rates

The assessment of "likely_true" with high confidence is based on strong, consistent evidence from multiple highly authoritative sources. Three separate news outlets (Reuters, Investing.com, and U.S. News & World Report), all with high authority and relevance scores, provide a direct quote from the Bank of Japan that precisely matches the statement in question. They all report that the BOJ, in a statement linked to Governor Kazuo Ueda, expressed its intention to 'continue to raise interest rates' specifically because 'real interest rates are at significantly low levels.'This core evidence is further corroborated by the Financial Times, a source with very high authority, which confirms Governor Ueda's intention to 'continue to raise interest rates,' supporting the main thrust of the statement, even though it omits the specific reason. There are no contradictions in the evidence provided. The other sources are either irrelevant (e.g., the post about the Bank of Thailand) or provide insufficient detail to challenge the primary reports. The consistency of the direct quote across three different, credible news platforms makes a strong case for the statement's accuracy.