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Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... inflation, as would persistent "exit strategy speculations" - one, that's again made the headlines on April 3 when BOJ Governor Kuroda said the board had been conducting internal discussions about an exit strategy. Not to mention, the strong yen's negative ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... the year to March, at 0.2% (headline) and 0.2% (core), they remained way below the BOJ's 2.0% target and as BOJ governor Kuroda himself admits, achieving this is a long way off.

Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... policy settings, i.e., zero to 0.1% interest rates and JGB purchases at an annual pace of A¥80 trillion. While Governor Kuroda moved the bull's eye on the 2% inflation target from "within 2015" to "around the first half of fiscal 2016", the BOJ still ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... purchases ahead of the 1 April tax increase - says the BOJ. This is expected to "wane gradually." In fact, BOJ governor Kuroda thinks that the economy "has been growing above its potential growth rate". Yup, Kuroda san said this at his press conference ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... billion (US$9.4 billion) from A¥822 billion in the previous month and would detract from third quarter GDP. But Governor Kuroda remains optimistic, noting that, "The world economy is recovering and increasing its growth, and therefore, "we expect Japan's ...

Good or bad, it's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... a maybe not, we hear the familiar refrain (we continue to hear from central bankers) from Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kuroda san. He told the Japan Association of Corporate Executives that the BOJ will continue to "pursue monetary policy management ...
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