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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... been a heavy one for economic data and people are just trying to digest a lot of that," Ms Chan said. "It's a bit flat." The BoJ said after the Australian market closed on Thursday it would expand its bond purchasing program in a bid to lift inflation ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
You call that QE? This is QE! Haruhiko Kuroda san's debut at the helm of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) shocked and awed financial markets for he delivered much more than even the most optimistic had been expecting. Yes Virginia, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... hit by growing tensions on the Korean peninsula. The yen sank against the US dollar and the euro after the Bank of Japan (BoJ), in its first meeting under a new governor, announced a raft of measures aimed at ending decades of deflation and dragging ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... (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 than ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... Hong Kong fell 0.14 per cent or 30.33 points to 22,337.49. Investors eagerly await the outcome of the first Bank of Japan (BoJ) policy meeting under new leadership to see if fresh easing measures aimed at boosting the world's third biggest economy meet ...

All eyes and ears on Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013

First quarter (w)innings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... "whatever it takes" found its way into the ECB's lexicon. And for good measure, the dynamic duo of Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and new BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda joined the "whatever it takes" club on the first quarter, promising to end the country's deflation ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... 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 points ...

More than five minutes this time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... the greenback and by 6.2% against the euro this year to date. And this is because of 'Abenomics' and expectations that the BOJ would bring forward its pledge for 'open-ended' asset purchase programme from start of 2014 to as early as next month when ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... from having an exit in mind". Soon these "whatever it takes" central bankers will be joined by another big central bank - the BOJ. In his parliament confirmation hearing, BOJ governor nominee Haruhiko Kuroda announced that, "I would like to make my stance ...