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Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's landslide victory in the recent elections that, in turn, guaranteed BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's continuity at the helm of the central bank. The Fed holds its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on 31 October ...

Hawkish central banks? Not the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... up 28 bps - Japanese JGBs of the same maturity increased by a mere four bps over the same period. BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's silence may have helped. The last time Kuroda spoke was after the Japanese central bank's 15-16 June meeting. At this post-meeting ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... whatever shape for form - when it was widely expected to announce more largesse. Instead, we got BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda doing an impression of ECB president Mario Draghi. "There's absolutely no change to our stance of aiming to achieve two percent ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... and statistics from the Investment Trusts Association of Japan. Incredibly, reports suggest that BoJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda is considering ramping up the stimulus, with one investment bank predicting investment in ETFs will almost double to ¥7 trillion ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... should be no ambiguity on the willingness and ability of the Governing Council to act if needed." BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda is scheduled to speak today and more likely than not, he'll be echoing Peter's words. Or perhaps, Kuroda san would simply replace ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... A¥125.86 last Friday, the yen's rebounded and is currently at A¥122.86 - a 2.4% appreciation - after BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda told the Diet - Japanese Parliament - that, "The yen is unlikely to weaken further in real effective terms if you think ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... moment that could extend beyond the April fools' day consumption tax increase (fingers crossed) with BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's signing on with the 'forward guidance' club. Although "... the economy is evolving smoothly and is moving along with our ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... China manufacturing PMI - not good for exports. There was the spike in 10-year JGB yields following BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's 'revelation' to expect bond yields to rise as the economy improved (at the same time that his bank is buying JGBs to lower ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... 12,634.45. The Nikkei index had slumped as much as 2.3 per cent in the morning, with dealers concerned new BoJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda would fall short on promises to boost the economy. Seoul fell 1.20 per cent, or 23.77 points, to 1,959.45 after North ...

First quarter (w)innings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... 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 once and for all time. ...
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