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Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... policy settings, i.e., zero to 0.1% interest rates and JGB purchases at an annual pace of A¥80 trillion. While Governor Kuroda moved the bull's eye on the 2% inflation target from "within 2015" to "around the first half of fiscal 2016", the BOJ still ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... higher level" and the ECB is ready to implement more stimulus measures if necessary. Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda's soothing words completed the quorum. "We will continue quantitative and qualitative easing until 2% inflation is achieved ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... purchases ahead of the 1 April tax increase - says the BOJ. This is expected to "wane gradually." In fact, BOJ governor Kuroda thinks that the economy "has been growing above its potential growth rate". Yup, Kuroda san said this at his press conference ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... weakened by as much as 0.4% against the US dollar the same day - both prompted by Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda's weekend statement that, "We will continue our current monetary policy... But if there is anything which could derail our ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... between the "accuracy of the information about inflationary pressure and its timeliness." Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda talked about his country's problem with an ageing and declining labour force. Yes folks, problems, problems, problems everywhere ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... today's report on Bloomberg is accurate, it might be easier said than done. "A majority of the nine members disagree with Kuroda's view that flooding the economy with cash is sufficient to get stable 2 percent gains in consumer prices, according to people ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... a maybe not, we hear the familiar refrain (we continue to hear from central bankers) from Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kuroda san. He told the Japan Association of Corporate Executives that the BOJ will continue to "pursue monetary policy management ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... moment that could extend beyond the April fools' day consumption tax increase (fingers crossed) with BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's signing on with the 'forward guidance' club. Although "... the economy is evolving smoothly and is moving along with our ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... stimulus on Thursday, promising to inject about $1.4 trillion into the economy in less than two years... New Governor Haruhiko Kuroda committed the BOJ to open-ended asset buying and said the monetary base would nearly double to 270 trillion yen ($2.9 ...

That stupid war again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013