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Japan issues fresh warning against excessive yen rises

23/09/2016(0)
Japanese authorities are ready to act against excessive yen rises, the government’s top spokesman said on Friday, issuing a fresh warning to markets against recent yen gains that could ... Read More
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Asia trades mixed; Chinese shares under pressure

16/05/2016(0)
Asian markets ended mostly higher on Monday, as traders shrugged off data released over the weekend that revived concerns over the Chinese economy. Japan’s Nikkei 225 pared some of its over ... Read More
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Lessons from Japan: Decades of Decay, Unavoidable Collapse

27/04/2016(0)
Japan has proven that decay can be stretched into decades, but it has yet to prove that gravity can be revoked by central bank monetary games. Japan’s fiscal and ... Read More
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BOJ holds rates despite overseas headwinds, stagnant inflation

30/10/2015(0)
The Bank of Japan held off on expanding its massive stimulus program on Friday, preferring to preserve its dwindling policy options in the hope that the economy can overcome ... Read More
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Asian shares mixed on BOJ decision, China’s child policy change

30/10/2015(0)
Asian shares mostly regained their footing on Friday, following the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) decision to stand pat on its monetary policy and as China‘s scrapping of its one-child policy bolstered dairy ... Read More
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BOJ: Statement on Monetary Policy

07/10/2015(0)
Bank of Japan:  1. At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set the following ... Read More
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Japanese shares near a 15-year high

08/04/2015(0)
Japan’s shares neared a 15-year high on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) maintained its asset purchase program in an effort to boost the economy. In Tokyo, benchmark Nikkei ... Read More
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Asian central banks back in action this week

06/04/2015(0)
The week ahead starts with Asian markets digesting the crucial U.S. nonfarm payrolls report, which continued to fuel the ongoing debate over when the Federal Reserve will launch its ... Read More
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BOJ’s Kuroda: Told PM Abe Japan’s long-term price trend unchanged

23/03/2015(0)
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday that inflation is slowing due to a decline in oil prices but there is no change ... Read More
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Japan crawls out of recession, but GDP misses (Video)

16/02/2015(0)
Japan‘s economy crawled out of recession in the fourth quarter of 2014, data on Monday showed, although the growth figures came in much weaker than expected. Gross domestic product ... Read More
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