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Chief economist update: Fed fights back bond bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... to short-circuit rising bond yields. So has the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Bank of Korea (BOK). BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda told Japan's parliament: "The BOJ has no intention of pushing up (10-year bond yields) above its target of around 0%... ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second state of emergency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... January 2021 and extended it to an additional eight prefectures a week later. However, Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda is more optimistic. In his opening address at the quarterly regional branch managers meeting he stated, "Japan's economy ...

Chief economist update: The BOJ needs to run faster to stay in the running

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... Looking-Glass' The "Red Queen" in the novel should have been giving this advice to Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda san, instead of Alice. But nah. The BOJ kept monetary policy settings as they were - the policy rate at -0.1%; the target ...

Chief economist update: Japan yearns for a weaker yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... heard some sort of policy guidance from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) was in early February this year when governor Haruhiko Kuroda was quoted as saying that: "If (currency moves) are having an impact on the economy and prices, and if we consider it necessary ...

Chief economist update: BOJ exit last year, BOJ easing this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... whether the BOJ had the necessary tools to boost stimulus to counter the pressure from a sharp yen rise, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda replied: "If (currency moves) are having an impact on the economy and prices, and if we consider it necessary to achieve ...

Chief economist update: At the core-core of it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... from 0.5% in February this year to 0.2% last month. I note this because, if memory serves me right, BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda pointed to this "core-core inflation" measure to declare that the economy is no longer in a state of deflation. According ...

Chief economist update: BOJ to stop throwing good money after bad?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... inflation nirvana. It therefore comes as no surprise that when asked about the veracity of these reports, BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda replied: "I know absolutely nothing about the basis for those reports." The BOJ was under his stewardship when it rolled ...

Chief economist update: Japan feels the heat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... depreciating yuan - will immediately come to mind, Japan's also taking a hit. Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda already expressed his concerns when he joined the ECB Forum on Central Banking held at Sintra, Portugal on 18-20 June: "The ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... effect on business investment? There are lessons from the past, and they are all very negative." BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda: "The indirect impact on the Japanese economy could be quite significant...if this escalation of tariffs between the US and ...

Japan needs trade peace with the US

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... when it ditched the forward guidance on the timing of when it would achieve its inflation objective. BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda explained the reason for eliminating the target date, at his post-meeting conference after the 26th April BOJ meeting: "There ...
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