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Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... stimulus on Thursday, promising to inject about $1.4 trillion into the economy in less than two years... New Governor Haruhiko Kuroda committed the BOJ to open-ended asset buying and said the monetary base would nearly double to 270 trillion yen ($2.9 ...

Empty orchestra

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... It was all going so swimmingly - the three arrows were hitting their marks - until Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda opened his mouth. In the country that invented the karaoke, I'm pretty sure Kuroda san has done it with Ronan Keating at one ...

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  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... has fuelled a run-up in Tokyo stocks, with exporters the big winners. In the first meeting under new governor Haruhiko Kuroda, the BoJ said it would double the money supply and aggressively increase asset purchases, while vowing no let-up in the battle ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
You call that QE? This is QE! Haruhiko Kuroda san's debut at the helm of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) shocked and awed financial markets for he delivered much more than even the most optimistic had been expecting. Yes Virginia, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has ...

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 ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... overnight. Asia beware when your markets open today. But short of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and its virgin governor Haruhiko Kuroda announcing unlimited and expanded asset purchases - or promising to do it sooner than 2014 - better go short. The financial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... easing measures aimed at boosting the world's third biggest economy meet market expectations. The new BoJ head Haruhiko Kuroda has vowed "bold" monetary easing, while the bank in January set a two per cent inflation target aimed at pulling the troubled ...

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. ...

More than five minutes this time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... for 'open-ended' asset purchase programme from start of 2014 to as early as next month when the more aggressive Haruhiko Kuroda replaces 'big stimulus' hawk Masaaki Shirakawa at the helm of the Japanese central bank. This has spurred widespread optimism ...