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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... cent, or 1.58 points, to 1,157.20. Hong Kong reversed early losses to rise 0.34 per cent, adding 76.8 points to 22,664.52. The BoJ announced on Tuesday it would double the sum of loan schemes to banks in a bid to stimulate lending to firms and finance ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
So there we have it folks, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has responded. The financial presses and commentariats may be calling the Japanese central bank's decision to expand its lending facilities a surprise but we know better, do we not? The BOJ must have ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... 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 trillion) by the end ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... months before the government raises the consumption tax from 5% to 8% in April. But fear not... financial markets expect the BOJ to let its love flow soon.

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... what's the higher yen doing? It's putting pressure on Japanese exporters and soon, the Japanese economy and soon, offset the BOJ and Abe's fight against deflation. And don't look ma... the Australian dollar is starting to strengthen again and that's ...

Japan's coming April fools' day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014

Reflation, rotation and the taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... Federal Reserve announced unlimited purchases of MBS and Treasuries at a monthly rate of US$85 billion a month; the BOE and the BOJ increased their quantitative easing efforts; the People's Bank of China (PBOC) lowered interest rates and banks' reserve ...

Waiting to catch up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013

That stupid war again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013

Debt, deficit, now deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013