Japan expands asset purchases to spur recovery
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's central bank decided Friday to expand its asset purchases in a surprise move to shore up sagging growth in the world's No. 3 economy. The Bank of Japan said it would increase its...
View ArticleQ&A: Why Japan's economy needs more juice
Add comment Reprints + - A shoe shop clerk cleans the merchandise in Tokyo, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. Japan's economic recovery remained in the doldrums in September, as household spending fell, inflation...
View ArticleNikkei Soars As Bank Of Japan Announces Unexpected Stimulus Measures
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's central bank expanded its asset purchases in a surprise move Friday to shore up sagging growth in the world's No. 3 economy. The Bank of Japan said it would increase its asset...
View ArticleBOJ expands stimulus to spur recovery
Japan’s central bank expanded its asset purchases in a surprise move yesterday to shore up sagging growth in the world’s No. 3 economy. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said it would increase its asset...
View ArticleJapan in recession as economy contracts 1.6 pct
TOKYO (AP) Japan's economy contracted in July-September according to preliminary data released Monday, returning the country to recession and clouding the outlook for the global recovery. The 1.6...
View ArticleJapan in recession as economy contracts 1.6 percent
TOKYO • Japan's economy contracted in July-September according to preliminary data released Monday, returning the country to recession and clouding the outlook for the global recovery. The 1.6 percent...
View ArticleKuroda Remarks Open Possibilities for Shift in BOJ Stimulus
Governor Haruhiko Kuroda says the Bank of Japan may need to get creative in any further monetary stimulus. Among the options economists highlight: regional-government bonds, a type of security that...
View ArticleAbenomics? How About Kurodanomics?
Despite all Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has done, Japan’s economy contracted an annualized 1.4 percent in the final three months of 2015, the government announced on Feb. 15. Consumer prices rose just...
View ArticleJapan Introduces Negative Interest Rate in Bid to Boost Economy
(TOKYO) — The Bank of Japan on Friday said it will charge lenders that leave too much cash on idle deposit with it, introducing a negative interest rate policy for the first time as it seeks to shore...
View ArticleJapan introduces negative interest rate to boost economy
TOKYO (AP) -- The Bank of Japan on Friday said it will charge lenders that leave too much cash on idle deposit with it, introducing a negative interest rate policy for the first time as it seeks to...
View ArticleJapan economy makes meek exit from recession
TOKYO (AP) -- After stumbling out of recession last quarter, Japan's economy looks set to do something familiar this year: slumber. Helped by higher exports, the country's GDP grew an annualized 2.2...
View ArticleJapan spins wheels as wary consumers stash their cash
The world's third-largest economy is stuck in neutral, as wary Japanese consumers and corporations opt to hold onto their cash rather than spend it. The latest data, released Tuesday, showed Japan's...
View ArticleBOJ Market Magician Kuroda Pulls Yet Another Rabbit From His Hat
The Bank of Japan is falling deeper and deeper down the monetary rabbit hole. The central bank surprised markets on Friday by joining the less-than-zero club of economies that have embraced a policy of...
View ArticleThere Are Alarming Economic Similarities Between Now And 1873
New York police attack unemployed workers in 1874. See Also “The significant problems that we have created cannot be solved at the level of thinking we were at when we created them.” – Albert Einstein...
View ArticleBank of Japan redoubles efforts to revive economy
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's central bank surprised the financial world and pleased investors Friday by intensifying its purchases of government bonds and other assets to try to revive a chronically anemic...
View ArticleJapan expands stimulus to spur recovery
Add comment Reprints + - A shoe shop clerk cleans the merchandise in Tokyo, Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. Japan's economic recovery remained in the doldrums in September, as household spending fell, inflation...
View ArticleBank of Japan stands back from further stimulus
Japan's central bank held fire on expanding its monetary easing programme Tuesday and its chief said the economy was expanding, but economists warned more stimulus could be needed to boost the sagging...
View ArticleTime is running out for Japan's economy
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, March 15, 2016. Recently, Japan’s second quarter GDP growth was revised upwards, to 0.7...
View ArticleSymposium "Japan's Economic Challenges and Structural Reform Options - IMF...
(Source: University of Tokyo) Date of activity : January 18, 2016 Session 1: Japan's Economic Challenges - Speech by Mr. Everaert Mr. Everaert Luc Everaert of the IMF's Asia Pacific Department gave the...
View ArticleBOJ introduces negative interest rate to boost economy
The Bank of Japan on Friday introduced a negative interest policy for the first time, seeking to shore up a stumbling recovery in the world's third-largest economy. The surprise move rattled stock...
View ArticleJapan inflation ebbs in May, jobless rate flat
Share PhotoReddit✉ A man looks at Toshiba 4K TVs at an electronics store in Tokyo Friday, June 26, 2015. The state of Japan's economic recovery remains murky, with inflation still nearly flat in May...
View ArticleThe Dollar Is In a Total War With Itself
The reincarnation of the idea of a "currency war" was reborn in its 21st century form in September 2010 when declared by Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega. He stated that "advanced countries are...
View ArticleJapan central bank adds stimulus, cites global uncertainties
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's central bank opted Friday for a modest expansion of its lavish monetary stimulus to help perk up sluggish growth and combat deflation. The measures fell short of expectations...
View ArticleJapanese economy’s contraction a blow for ‘Abenomics’
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View ArticleHow BOJ easing affects economic outlook
The Yomiuri Shimbun The Bank of Japan has adopted a new policy framework to further strengthen its monetary easing. After assessing the large-scale monetary easing carried out for the last 3½ years,...
View ArticleCentral Bankers Aren’t Superheroes
No heart is immune from the uplifting tale of the Little Engine That Could—that plucky optimist who, against the odds, saved the day by chugging a stranded train over a mountain. In the world of...
View ArticleCentral Banks Likely to Stay Easy in 2015 as Normalcy Is Elusive
The world’s central bankers could be forgiven for thinking that things are never going to get back to normal. More than six years after the financial crisis plunged the world into recession, monetary...
View ArticleKuroda Sways Japan Bond Market on Inflation Without New Stimulus
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is starting to convince bond investors he can revive inflation without extra monetary easing. The debt market’s inflation expectations for the coming decade are...
View ArticleBank of Japan still limps out of a recession with a cut in its annual...
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's central bank on Wednesday cut its annual growth and inflation forecasts for the world's third-largest economy, with analysts warning weaknesses remained and the downgrade hinted...
View ArticleWeak Japan inflation, spending numbers keep BoJ easing on table
Japan posted weak inflation and household spending figures on Friday that boost the chances the central bank will unleash another wave of stimulus after a meeting later in the day. All eyes are on the...
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