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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 ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... widely expected with a few expecting an increase in purchases. No one, it seems, expected (even imagined) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda & Co to go negative. Starting 16 February 2016, "The Bank will apply a negative interest rate of minus 0.1 percent to current ...

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 ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... after comments from the central bank chief that the currency would probably not weaken further. The remarks from Haruhiko Kuroda reversed Wednesday morning gains in the US dollar against the Japanese currency, fuelled by two US reports that gave the ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... higher level" and the ECB is ready to implement more stimulus measures if necessary. Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda's soothing words completed the quorum. "We will continue quantitative and qualitative easing until 2% inflation is achieved ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... weakened by as much as 0.4% against the US dollar the same day - both prompted by Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda's weekend statement that, "We will continue our current monetary policy... But if there is anything which could derail our ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... between the "accuracy of the information about inflationary pressure and its timeliness." Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda talked about his country's problem with an ageing and declining labour force. Yes folks, problems, problems, problems everywhere ...

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 ...