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Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... western European banks' loans and investments in the east. In Asia, with no more room to move on monetary policy, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) plans to expand measures to advance corporate funding by outright purchases A-rated corporate bonds held by banks. ...

Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... with no recourse but to watch the world's second biggest economy dive into its biggest contraction in 35 years. The Bank of Japan's hands are tied with interest rates now at zero and it is now up to the government to stand up to the plate. But even the ...

The biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... aggressively as the central banks of the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom. The US Federal Reserve's and the Bank of Japan's (BoJ) official policy rates are now virtually zero. The Bank of England's (BoE) base rate is headed that way. The ECB ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... average fell 0.6 per cent in choppy trade on Tuesday, with grim earnings outlooks offsetting optimism after the Bank of Japan said it would buy up to $US11 billion ($A17.41 billion) worth of shares held by Japanese banks to ease the pain of the global ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... during both the 1990/91 and 1980/81 recessions. Just like recent actions taken by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, the BoE is going the way of quantitative easing. The British central bank announced that it would begin purchasing up to 50 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... 2,869.62. TOKYO - Japanese shares gained 1.90 per cent on Thursday following a rebound on Wall Street and after the Bank of Japan announced new measures to repair battered credit markets. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index rose 150.1 points to 8,051.74 ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... bigger-than-expected rate cut should not be discounted given the fast deterioration in the Eurozone economy. The Bank of Japan's armory is empty and it has resorted to selling bonds to finance its efforts to support its weakening economy battered by ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... quarter. And the scramble to contain the global recession was on. Asian central banks and governments acted. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) cut its benchmark interest rate to 0.3 per cent - the first since March 2001 - from an already low 0.5 per cent. The ...

Daily funnies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) postulated that the Fed would soon follow in the footsteps of the Bank of Japan and implement a zero interest rate policy - it is looking more likely now. The lesson from the last global recession in 1990/91 ...

The global recession we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... Bank to 2.5 per cent and Sweden's Riksbank to 4.25 per cent. With its benchmark rate at a low 0.5 per cent, the Bank of Japan was unable to participate but announced its support for the action. And in separate moves, the People's Bank of China lowered ...