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Market Movers Overnight (8 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... the Eurozone, particularly Germany. News out of Japan shows that Asia is not immune from the global slowdown. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) left its quarterly assessment of the economy unchanged. However, details indicate that the assessment is much worse ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... close in over a week, helped by exporters like Canon that increased on the back of a declining yen. It came as the Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged. The Nikkei gained 2.6 per cent or 415.68 points to 16,316.32 to also end at its highest since ...

Economic round-up: dust off the bear suit

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... that possible triggers of a correction could be anything from a widening of credit spreads or a decision by the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates. Morgan Stanley's position is that a full blown recession is unlikey as bond yields would fall during ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
... forthcoming year. The Governor said that there was no need for alarm bells about the level of corporate borrowing The Bank of Japan has just increased its interest rates by 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent which is only the second time in six years that ...

MIA predicts property slump by 2010

... Lawrence said that the country's listed property funds were "travelling comfortably" up until April last year when the Bank of Japan raised interest rates and forced global hedge funds to sell down. That included reducing their holdings in the Australian ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... paid index fell from 41 in September to 30.8 in October while prices received increased by only 1.5 to 17.5. The Bank of Japan has decided to raise interest rates by a mere quarter of a percentage point to 0.25 per cent which was the first increase since ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
... Nikkei average closed 127.97 points higher at 15,890.56 in thin trade as property stocks gained on expectations the Bank of Japan would not raise rates in the near future. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended higher mirroring other strong Asian markets ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
... The CAC-40 index closed at 4980.62 points, up 14.66 or 0.30 percent. TOKYO - The Nikkei rose 0.43 percent as the Bank of Japan's tankan survey confirmed Japan's economy is recovering steadily, spurring buying in Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and other ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
... August. Meanwhile, continued signs of improving growth in Japan are increasing speculation for an eventual end to the Bank of Japan's zero interest rate policy. Japan's service economy, as measured by the tertiary index, rose by a higher-than-expected ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
... ultimately become a problem for the US, particularly in light of expectations of forthcoming interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank. Foreign investors in US securities are currently being hammered on two fronts - rising ...