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A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... emerging market economies' growth prospects, volatility in financial and commodity markets, and geopolitical risks." This was the BOJ's message in its 29 January statement: "Japan's economy has continued to recover moderately... Recently, however, global ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... this millennium. Proof? Masaaki Shirakawa published a discussion paper titled, "One Year Under 'Quantitative Easing'" for the BOJ's Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies (IMES) on April 2002, discussing the effectiveness of the BOJ's "quantitative ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... is again surging as central banks try to goose the system with more liquidity and this time, negative interest rates. The BOJ and the ECB are pumping yen and euros - both have embarked on negative interest rate policy with promises to do more "if it ...

Who can dig a deeper hole?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... only last December - and could take it down some more next month (promise). Starting 16 February this year (next week), the BOJ's own negative interest rate policy (minus 0.1%) would be in effect - and also promised to take it further negative if it ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... stimulate their economies and export deflation elsewhere... anywhere but at home. The ECB promised more to come next month and the BOJ could do more "if it is judged necessary for achieving the price stability target"....or the "Park at your own Risk" ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... that, "we have the power, the willingness and the determination to act" comes a positive surprise from the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in the form of negative interest rates. Move over QE and QQE (you too, Operation Twist), we have a new policy measure lexicon ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... rates towards levels below, but close to, 2%" and that, "we have the power, the willingness and the determination to act". The BOJ might not be too far behind. The Wall Street Journal quoted an aide of PM Abe saying that, "Conditions for additional easing ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... reached after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assumed leadership back in December 2012 and those following the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) launch of QQE. The slight improvement in confidence could have been in response to the BOJ's surprise but equally small adjustment ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... account for was the reflationary measures currently being implemented by the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and many other central banks. These measures would have to lift their respective economies ...

December moves

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... of 2016. Only a very few could argue against these central bank moves when they become fact. Not so for the Bank of Japan (BOJ). The Japanese central bank had been expected to expand its QQE measures as early last month. It hasn't. The BOJ kept policy ...