On March 3, the Bank of Japan is expected to decide to maintain the status quo of monetary policy at its monetary policy meeting on March 9-10. Pictured is Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan. Photo taken in December 2019 in Tokyo (2023 REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon) TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is expected … Read more
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Nikkei 225 Stock Average has increased by about 2.5 times in the decade since the Bank of Japan implemented large-scale easing under Governor Haruhiko Kuroda. Many believe that the weaker yen, which was the biggest factor in the early stages of easing, has now lost its effect on rising stock prices. … Read more
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese stock market has become more cautious about rising interest rates. Although speculation about additional policy revisions by the Bank of Japan has receded temporarily, the level of yen interest rates remains high. While bank stocks, which benefit from rising interest rates, have risen conspicuously, looking at stock prices as a … Read more
[Tokyo 18th Reuters]- Although the market’s view was that there would be no change in policy, the result was within expectations, but there was a smoldering view that the volatility range would expand again. The yen reacted with a large depreciation. In the future, there are many views that the monetary easing will basically be … Read more
The pool of global debt with sub-zero yields fell yesterday, Tuesday, to $686 billion, after registering more than $11 trillion at the end of 2021, as the wave of tightening of global interest rates this year has pushed the bonds in first bear market in a generation. The Bank of Japan’s sudden decision to widen … Read more
Updated at 13:32, Taiwan shares closed at 14170.03 points, down 263.29 points, on revenue of 263.674 billion, and TSMC slumped 9 yuan to close at 457.5 yuan. The Bank of Japan earlier announced it would adjust its yield curve control plan and raise the upper limit of the 10-year Japanese government bond yield to 0.5%, … Read more
[Tokyo 20° Reuters]- In the past, a BOJ governor once said he would overhaul Yield Curve Control (YCC) by surprise. If many market participants sell off Japanese government bonds in anticipation of policy reviews, the demerit will be significant. This is because they lose to market urgings and get involved in central bank bonds, and … Read more
Publicly, BoE officials see that the UK is already in a recession. European Central Bank officials assume that the euro zone has entered a recession this quarter. The economies of the UK and the Eurozone have been hit by rising energy costs following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The United States is less exposed to … Read more
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said at a meeting of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance and Financial Affairs on the morning of the 2nd that it is true that the size of the supplementary budget has increased recently and that the fiscal situation is becoming more serious, and he called for fiscal consolidation and … Read more
According to a senior cabinet office official, BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda made remarks on the depreciation of the yen against the dollar at a ministerial meeting on the 25 monthly economic report. In the photo, Governor Kuroda gives a speech to the Reuters Newsmaker in Tokyo on March 24, 2017 (Reuters / Toru Hanai, 2022) … Read more