Mari Iwashita News
-
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that buying foreign bonds will be unnecessary under a new central bank chief, backing away from a policy proposal that may be seen by other nations as an attempt to weaken the yen.
-
The Bank of Japan will implement unprecedented monetary stimulus this year, BOJ board member Yoshihisa Morimoto said, in comments that suggest he may think enough is being done to end deflation and revive growth.
-
Former Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Toshiro Muto said that all policy options should be available to the central bank as it looks to turn around more than a decade of falling prices.
-
Taro Aso, son of a cement magnate and a champion of pork-barrel spending when prime minister, became Japan’s sixth finance chief in three years, auguring expanded fiscal stimulus in the world’s third-largest economy.
-
The Bank of Japan should conduct unlimited easing until it achieves 2 percent inflation, Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda said.
-
Analysts from the 24 primary dealers in the Japanese government bond market comment on Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa ’s performance, in addition to Japan’s struggle with deflation and the power and limitations of monetary policy.
-
Top Bank of Japan officials flagged rising risks to the nation’s growth as the yen climbed in the aftermath of the U.S. Federal Reserve signaling willingness to consider more monetary stimulus.
-
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Kiyohiko Nishimura said the central bank is ready to implement additional easing if necessary, fueling speculation that further loosening is likely this month.
-
Japan’s central bank lowered its assessment for the nation’s economy for a second straight month while refraining from boosting monetary stimulus, citing easy domestic financial conditions.
-
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said the central bank is ready to take more action and is watching the effect of the strong yen on the nation’s economy.
|
|
Most Popular on Bloomberg
|
| |