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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 ...

Weekly economic round-up

... target ceiling. Lastly, increasing signs that deflation is finally over in Japan is increasing speculation that the Bank of Japan will soon end its zero interest rate policy. But while many expect more monetary policy tightening in the world's three ...

Daily economic update

... won. With the economy expanding by 5.4 per cent annualised in the fourth quarter, this would add ammunition for the Bank of Japan to end its zero interest rate policy.

Weekly economic round-up

... faster-than-expected 5.4 per cent (annualised) expansion in its economy in the fourth quarter - giving credence to the Bank of Japan's recent decision to end its quantitative easing policy and supporting views that interest rates would soon be lifted. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2006
... The Nikkei average rose one and a half per cent, with shares in property firms rebounding after comments from the Bank of Japan's governor helped ease concerns about interest rates. The Nikkei finished up 243.52 points at 16,339.73, adding 224.10 points ...

Daily economic update

... has, in turn, slowly reversed more than seven years of falling prices (deflation) in the country, prompting the Bank of Japan to end its quantitative easing policy last week. Further signs of sustainable growth could spur the BoJ to raise interest rates ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2006
... 61.43 points, up 80.12 points from a week ago. TOKYO - The Nikkei share average ended up half a per cent as the Bank of Japan's decision to end its ultra-easy monetary policy underscored optimism about the economic recovery, but data showing weaker-than-expected ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2006
... CAC-40 index closed at 5007.84, up 38.33 points. TOKYO - The Nikkei average rose more than 2.5 per cent after the Bank of Japan decided to end its five-year-old experiment with ultra-loose monetary policy, putting an end to weeks of market uncertainty. ...

Daily economic update

... central bank should remove the zero interest rate policy as it sees fit. This reverses earlier jawboning urging the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to keep policy unchanged removing a major hurdle for the BoJ. Latest activity figures also back up this view with ...

Daily economic update

... while domestic interest rates are seen to remain stable in the near term, there is growing speculation that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) is about to put an end to its zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) - which has been in effect since 2001 -- very soon. Speculation ...