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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 ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... markets assuming that the Fed is nearly finished with its tightening campaign and the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of Japan (BoJ) are just getting started withdrawing policy accommodation.

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 ...