Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 211 - 220 of 350 results for "The Bank of Japan"

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... cent, to 1,559.98. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 6.38 points, or 0.20 per cent, to 3,224.98. The Bank of Japan's announcement of aggressive stimulus measures helped offset a disappointing report on US jobless claims, which unexpectedly ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... Europe (Euro Stoxx 50 off 1.5% at the close) overnight. Asia beware when your markets open today. But short of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and its virgin governor Haruhiko Kuroda announcing unlimited and expanded asset purchases - or promising to do it sooner ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... Capital analyst Ishaq Siddiqi noted in London. HONG KONG - Tokyo stocks have jumped with the yen weakening as the Bank of Japan starts a key two-day policy meeting, while shares in other major Asian markets have mostly fallen despite Wall Street's surging ...

First quarter (w)innings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... quarter, promising to end the country's deflation once and for all time. And it's having its intended consequences. The Bank of Japan's latest Tankan survey showed business sentiment improved in the first three months of this year. Though lower-than-expected ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... numbers. The yen was flat after Japanese MPs gave final approval to the government's nominees to take the helm at the Bank of Japan (BoJ), with expectations high that it will usher in more aggressive monetary easing. Tokyo rose 1.45 per cent, or 179.76 ...

Time for Japan sceptics to think again

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Bank of Japan's shift to a pro-business policy is a landmark decision, according to Nikko AM, which believes that the world's third largest economy is finally ready to deliver after two decades of sub-standard returns. Japanese equities have delivered ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... debt ceiling, the Fed, this time, has gone unlimited. And so too, has the European Central Bank...and soon, the Bank of Japan. These should allow fundamentals to catch up with market pricing. I might just cancel that pizza delivery for tonight's Valentine's ...

Any reason will do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... very recently we became witnesses to the yen's slide merely on the promise of more expansive policy action by the Bank of Japan. This is what we call back in the shop as "beggar thy neighbour policy". This policy is good for the economy concerned but ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... on the country's venerable central bank, dealers said. Equities also fell after a subdued session in Asia, as the Bank of Japan's plan to boost the economy disappointed many investors. As stock markets shut down for the day, London's FTSE 100 index of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... Tokyo's Nikkei hit by a stronger yen and profit-taking, while dealers await the outcome of a policy meeting at the Bank of Japan. Tokyo's Nikkei, which hit a 33-month high on Friday, fell 1.52 per cent, shedding 165.56 points to 10,747.74. Sydney closed ...