thejapantimes, 3 hours ago to business Japan's benchmark government bond yield climbed to the highest since 2013 as many expect the central bank is committed to normalizing interest rates and supporting the struggling yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/20/markets/japan-10-year-bond-yield-record-high/ #business #markets #bonds #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation
Japan's benchmark government bond yield climbed to the highest since 2013 as many expect the central bank is committed to normalizing interest rates and supporting the struggling yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/20/markets/japan-10-year-bond-yield-record-high/ #business #markets #bonds #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation
thejapantimes, 3 days ago to business The Bank of Japan may raise its interest rate as many as three more times this year, with the next possibly occurring in June, according to a former BOJ chief economist. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/17/economy/boj-may-raise-rates-june/ #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation #interestrates
The Bank of Japan may raise its interest rate as many as three more times this year, with the next possibly occurring in June, according to a former BOJ chief economist. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/17/economy/boj-may-raise-rates-june/ #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation #interestrates
thejapantimes, 4 days ago to business Japan's biggest banks all forecast record profits for the year started in April, after the country’s central bank ended its policy of negative interest rates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/15/companies/japan-megabanks-forecast-record-profits/ #business #companies #banks #boj #negativeinterestrates #mufg #mizuho #sumitomomitsui
Japan's biggest banks all forecast record profits for the year started in April, after the country’s central bank ended its policy of negative interest rates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/15/companies/japan-megabanks-forecast-record-profits/ #business #companies #banks #boj #negativeinterestrates #mufg #mizuho #sumitomomitsui
thejapantimes, 5 days ago to business Japan’s economy is likely to have contracted in the first three months of 2024 due in part to disruptions at car makers, clouding the growth outlook as the central bank attempts to set the right pace for policy normalization. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/15/economy/japan-gdp-forecast-gloomy/ #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #boj #consumerspending
Japan’s economy is likely to have contracted in the first three months of 2024 due in part to disruptions at car makers, clouding the growth outlook as the central bank attempts to set the right pace for policy normalization. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/15/economy/japan-gdp-forecast-gloomy/ #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #boj #consumerspending
thejapantimes, 7 days ago to business The Bank of Japan has returned to an all-male executive board after its only female director, Tokiko Shimizu, was replaced after serving a four-year term. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/13/boj-gender-equality/ #business #boj #women039sissues #kazuoueda
The Bank of Japan has returned to an all-male executive board after its only female director, Tokiko Shimizu, was replaced after serving a four-year term. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/13/boj-gender-equality/ #business #boj #women039sissues #kazuoueda
thejapantimes, 7 days ago to business Katsunobu Kato, former chief Cabinet secretary and a ruling party veteran, says Japan is seeing conditions fall in place for the central bank to normalize monetary policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/13/japan-ldp-heavyweight-positive-on-rate-hike/ #business #boj #negativeinterestrates #inflation #japaneseeconomy #yen #katsunobukato #ldp
Katsunobu Kato, former chief Cabinet secretary and a ruling party veteran, says Japan is seeing conditions fall in place for the central bank to normalize monetary policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/13/japan-ldp-heavyweight-positive-on-rate-hike/ #business #boj #negativeinterestrates #inflation #japaneseeconomy #yen #katsunobukato #ldp
thejapantimes, 10 days ago to business The Bank of Japan must avoid raising interest rates to combat a weak yen, as higher borrowing costs would hit consumption and services inflation, said Tsutomu Watanabe, a former central bank official and an expert on price trends. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/10/economy/ex-boj-banker-watanabe/ #business #economy #tsutomuwatanabe #boj #yen #japaneseeconomy
The Bank of Japan must avoid raising interest rates to combat a weak yen, as higher borrowing costs would hit consumption and services inflation, said Tsutomu Watanabe, a former central bank official and an expert on price trends. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/10/economy/ex-boj-banker-watanabe/ #business #economy #tsutomuwatanabe #boj #yen #japaneseeconomy
thejapantimes, 10 days ago to business Japan’s households cut spending again in March as sticky inflation weighed on sentiment and government subsidies capped costs for utilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/10/economy/household-spending/ #business #economy #boj #kazuoueda #consumerspending
Japan’s households cut spending again in March as sticky inflation weighed on sentiment and government subsidies capped costs for utilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/10/economy/household-spending/ #business #economy #boj #kazuoueda #consumerspending
thejapantimes, 11 days ago to business Bank of Japan board members turned overwhelmingly hawkish at their April policy meeting, with many calling for the need to raise interest rates steadily to forestall risks of an inflation overshoot, a summary of opinions at the meeting showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/boj-april-opinions-hawkish/ #business #boj #negativeinterestrates #inflation #japaneseeconomy
Bank of Japan board members turned overwhelmingly hawkish at their April policy meeting, with many calling for the need to raise interest rates steadily to forestall risks of an inflation overshoot, a summary of opinions at the meeting showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/boj-april-opinions-hawkish/ #business #boj #negativeinterestrates #inflation #japaneseeconomy
thejapantimes, 11 days ago to business Japan’s latest wage figures show that pay gains have now lagged inflation every month for two years, even as a measure of the deeper trend — exclude bonuses and overtime pay — points to steady growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/economy/japan-march-real-wages-down/ #business #economy #wages #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #inflation #boj
Japan’s latest wage figures show that pay gains have now lagged inflation every month for two years, even as a measure of the deeper trend — exclude bonuses and overtime pay — points to steady growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/economy/japan-march-real-wages-down/ #business #economy #wages #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #inflation #boj
thejapantimes, 12 days ago to business Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda says he has told Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that he is carefully watching the impact of the weak yen on prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/08/economy/boj-ueda-monitoring-impact-of-weak-yen/ #business #economy #yen #boj #kazuoueda #fumiokishida #japaneseeconomy #dollar
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda says he has told Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that he is carefully watching the impact of the weak yen on prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/08/economy/boj-ueda-monitoring-impact-of-weak-yen/ #business #economy #yen #boj #kazuoueda #fumiokishida #japaneseeconomy #dollar
thejapantimes, 13 days ago to business Large and regional banks in Japan raised their interest rates on ordinary deposits in March or April for the first time in about 17 years, following the Bank of Japan's lifting of its negative interest rate policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/06/markets/banks-raise-rates-after-boj-action/ #business #markets #boj #yen #currencies #banks
Large and regional banks in Japan raised their interest rates on ordinary deposits in March or April for the first time in about 17 years, following the Bank of Japan's lifting of its negative interest rate policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/06/markets/banks-raise-rates-after-boj-action/ #business #markets #boj #yen #currencies #banks
thejapantimes, 14 days ago to business Fresh data on the Federal Reserve’s various accounts hints at potential ways Japanese policy makers may have funded currency interventions this past week to bolster the yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/06/markets/market-hunts-for-signs-of-yen-intervention/ #business #markets #boj #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry
Fresh data on the Federal Reserve’s various accounts hints at potential ways Japanese policy makers may have funded currency interventions this past week to bolster the yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/06/markets/market-hunts-for-signs-of-yen-intervention/ #business #markets #boj #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry
thejapantimes, 16 days ago to business Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that currency interventions are ineffective at shifting exchange rates, even at the large magnitude that Japan has been thought to have deployed recently. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/04/economy/currency-intervention-ineffective/ #business #economy #us #yen #lawrencesummers #boj #japaneseeconomy
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that currency interventions are ineffective at shifting exchange rates, even at the large magnitude that Japan has been thought to have deployed recently. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/04/economy/currency-intervention-ineffective/ #business #economy #us #yen #lawrencesummers #boj #japaneseeconomy
thejapantimes, 17 days ago to business Japanese officials may have spent some ¥3.66 trillion ($23.59 billion) to pull the yen back from near 34-year lows, Bank of Japan data suggested. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/japan-intervention-3-trillion/ #business #yen #dollar #boj #forex
Japanese officials may have spent some ¥3.66 trillion ($23.59 billion) to pull the yen back from near 34-year lows, Bank of Japan data suggested. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/japan-intervention-3-trillion/ #business #yen #dollar #boj #forex
thejapantimes, 17 days ago to random Although current FX interventions are not yet a significant concern for the Treasury market, large-scale interventions by major holders like Japan or China could pose risks in the future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/02/japan-exhausts-intervention-slush-fund/ #commentary #yen #dollar #forex #japaneseeconomy #boj #ustreasurys #useconomy
Although current FX interventions are not yet a significant concern for the Treasury market, large-scale interventions by major holders like Japan or China could pose risks in the future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/02/japan-exhausts-intervention-slush-fund/ #commentary #yen #dollar #forex #japaneseeconomy #boj #ustreasurys #useconomy
thejapantimes, 18 days ago to business Many Bank of Japan board members agreed that the country's long-term interest rates should be set by markets, policy meeting minutes from March have shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/economy/boj-march-minutes/ #business #economy #boj #negativeinterestrates #kazuoueda #japaneseeconomy #bonds
Many Bank of Japan board members agreed that the country's long-term interest rates should be set by markets, policy meeting minutes from March have shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/economy/boj-march-minutes/ #business #economy #boj #negativeinterestrates #kazuoueda #japaneseeconomy #bonds
thejapantimes, 18 days ago to business The yen soared against the dollar late on Wednesday, as many suspected Japan's monetary authorities aimed to prop up the beleaguered currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/markets/yen-climbs-dollar-intervention/ #business #markets #yen #dollar #boj #forex
The yen soared against the dollar late on Wednesday, as many suspected Japan's monetary authorities aimed to prop up the beleaguered currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/markets/yen-climbs-dollar-intervention/ #business #markets #yen #dollar #boj #forex
thejapantimes, 18 days ago to business Corporate Japan is starting to wonder if the weak yen has become too much of a good thing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/01/economy/japan-inc-weak-yen/ #business #economy #currencies #yen #dollar #boj
Corporate Japan is starting to wonder if the weak yen has become too much of a good thing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/01/economy/japan-inc-weak-yen/ #business #economy #currencies #yen #dollar #boj
thejapantimes, 19 days ago to business Japan likely conducted its first currency intervention since 2022 to prop up the yen on Monday, according to a Bloomberg analysis of central bank accounts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/01/markets/boj-accounts-suggest-intervention/ #business #markets #boj #currencies #yen #financeministry
Japan likely conducted its first currency intervention since 2022 to prop up the yen on Monday, according to a Bloomberg analysis of central bank accounts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/01/markets/boj-accounts-suggest-intervention/ #business #markets #boj #currencies #yen #financeministry
thejapantimes, 19 days ago to business After months of warning that it might intervene in the currency market, Japanese finance authorities appeared to have finally made a move on Monday to curb the pace of yen’s weakening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/30/markets/yen-intervention-suspected/ #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #boj
After months of warning that it might intervene in the currency market, Japanese finance authorities appeared to have finally made a move on Monday to curb the pace of yen’s weakening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/30/markets/yen-intervention-suspected/ #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #boj
thejapantimes, 20 days ago to business Japan's top currency diplomat said Tuesday that authorities were ready to deal with foreign exchange matters "24 hours," while declining to comment on whether Tokyo had intervened to prop up the yen a day earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/30/markets/yen-kanda-intervention-questions/ #business #markets #boj #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda #yen #forex
Japan's top currency diplomat said Tuesday that authorities were ready to deal with foreign exchange matters "24 hours," while declining to comment on whether Tokyo had intervened to prop up the yen a day earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/30/markets/yen-kanda-intervention-questions/ #business #markets #boj #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda #yen #forex
thejapantimes, 21 days ago to business The yen briefly hit ¥160 against the dollar Monday morning, as the Japanese currency continues to fall against other major currencies, hitting its lowest level since April 1990. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/29/markets/yen-hits-160-to-the-dollar/ #business #markets #boj #yen #currencies
The yen briefly hit ¥160 against the dollar Monday morning, as the Japanese currency continues to fall against other major currencies, hitting its lowest level since April 1990. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/29/markets/yen-hits-160-to-the-dollar/ #business #markets #boj #yen #currencies
thejapantimes, 22 days ago to business As the yen continues to fall against other major currencies, the focus is on when the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan might intervene in the currency market to support the yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/28/markets/yen-drops-past-158/ #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #boj #kazuoueda #financeministry #shunichisuzuki
As the yen continues to fall against other major currencies, the focus is on when the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan might intervene in the currency market to support the yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/28/markets/yen-drops-past-158/ #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #boj #kazuoueda #financeministry #shunichisuzuki
thejapantimes, 23 days ago to business The yen fell to a fresh 34-year low against the dollar Friday in New York. Should it fall further from here, like after the BOJ decision in September 2022, the possibility of intervention will increase, observers say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/27/markets/yen-dollar-157/ #business #markets #yen #currencies #boj #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda
The yen fell to a fresh 34-year low against the dollar Friday in New York. Should it fall further from here, like after the BOJ decision in September 2022, the possibility of intervention will increase, observers say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/27/markets/yen-dollar-157/ #business #markets #yen #currencies #boj #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda