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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... offset by an upturn in state and local government spending and an acceleration in residential fixed investment". Bank of Japan policy decision The BOJ disappointed financial market expectations for more stimulus measures when it decided to keep monetary ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... trying to cheapen their currencies in order to import growth and export their way out of deflation. But nay, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has repeated many many times that it is not targeting the yen, so have the European Central Bank (ECB)... and everyone ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
The Bank of Japan's stimulus measures have seen it quietly become one of the largest shareholders in the nation's largest companies, analysis from Bloomberg shows. The Japanese central bank is currently buying up equity ETFs at a rate of ¥3.3 trillion ...

State Street appointed alternatives custodian at GPIF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
State Street has been appointed the custodian of alternative investments at Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). The GPIF manages about $1.5 trillion and according to its latest figures, paid State Street about $8.3 million in custodial ...

Fixed income China's sweet spot

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... China, demand for overseas education and outbound tourism is increasing in countries like Thailand, the UK, Australia and Japan. "Competing economies such as Vietnam and Bangladesh are also benefitting by gaining global market share from China's withdrawal ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... business situation. Contractors, however, were slightly less optimistic about their business outlook for the months ahead." Japan leading index A significant drop in Japan's leading composite index (of 12 economic indicators) in February justifies recent ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... most frequently cited reason (after weak sales and a poor economy) for why the current period is a bad time to expand." Japan producer prices The Japanese currency's appreciation has consensus predicting another 3.5% year-on-year fall in Japanese producer ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... bonds have become to foreign global investors, in 2003 only one third of Australia's government debt was held by foreigners. Japan bank lending It might still be early days but so far the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) negative interest rates policy appears to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... also provides some assurance that gains in conditions will be sustainable", according to NAB's chief economist Alan Oster. Japan bank lending It might still be early days but so far the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) negative interest rates policy appears to ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... dollar even before 2015 turned into 2016. And this is creating big time headaches for the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Despite the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) latest policy initiative - termed "Quantitative and Qualitative (QQE) Monetary ...