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BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... Japan will conduct money market operations so that the monetary base will increase at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen." No one really expected any significant move from the BOJ. Surely, not straight after January's surprise announcement of a ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... from $US1.1319 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Japanese shares have surged to a more than seven-year high as the yen retreated against the dollar thanks to investors betting on the US Federal Reserve hiking interest rates soon. The Nikkei ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... Beijing will introduce renewed easing measures. Tokyo ended 0.36 per cent higher, adding 63.43 points to 17,711.93 as the yen softened against the dollar in reaction to the US jobs data. Shanghai finished up 0.62 per cent, or 19.22 points, at 3,095.12. ...

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LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... cent, or 82.03 points, to 5,707.37 - its highest since May 2008. But Tokyo stocks slipped 1.27 per cent as a pick-up in the yen hit exporters, overshadowing Wall Street's strong lead and a rally in energy shares. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... easing. From its 2014 peak to the end of January this year, the A$ has weakened by 17.5% against the US$, 10.2% versus the yen, 9.8% against sterling, 4.7% versus the euro and 11.9% on a trade weighted basis. It's like what Bruce Lee termed, "the art ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 0.39 per cent, or 68.17 points, to 17,674.39 at the close, with traders buoyed by a weaker yen, which boosts Japanese exporters. Sydney gained 18.82 points, or 0.34 per cent, to close at 5,588.3 while Seoul finished flat ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... markets, after the Bank of Japan slashed its inflation forecast and held off fresh easing measures after a two-day meeting. The yen rose against both the US dollar and the euro on the news, however, as traders took solace in the BoJ's announcement that ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... after regulators punished three major brokerages for rule violations. The euro continued to struggle against the dollar and yen on Monday before this week's European Central Bank (ECB) meeting that is expected to unveil a vast bond-buying scheme to kickstart ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... 52-week high of US$1.3993; 9% from its one-year high against the British pound and 9% against even the depreciated Japanese yen. Plummeting oil prices are increasing downward momentum on Eurozone deflation - minus 0.2% in December - pressured by stagnant ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... per cent, or 244.54 points, to end at 16,864.16. The index at one point was almost three per cent down but recovered as the yen pared its gains. Seoul closed 1.36 per cent lower, giving up 26.01 points to 1,888.13 and Hong Kong fell 1.02 per cent, or ...