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More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... at least - would cite the Fed when talkin' 'bout QE. But it was Japan who started QE this millennium. Proof? Masaaki Shirakawa published a discussion paper titled, "One Year Under 'Quantitative Easing'" for the BOJ's Institute for Monetary and Economic ...

More than five minutes this time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... 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 that the sun couldn't help but rise again in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... big losses in the previous session, with Tokyo surging as the yen tumbled after Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Masaaki Shirakawa said he would step down early. Traders also took a lead from Wall Street and Europe, where encouraging economic data offset ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... and Switzerland said they would cut the cost of providing dollars to banks. However, Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa warned that the move was not enough on its own to solve Europe's fiscal woes. Eyes will now be on a European summit next week ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... likely to be required at some point." Next we head up north to Japan. Here, we'll hear Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa warning that the country is in a "severe state". It's still in deflation, it's got a huge public debt and now many of its ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... awaiting the outcome of a meeting expected on Monday between Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, and speculation has heightened that the central bank may ease monetary policy further ahead of the meeting. The benchmark ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... important - is the BoJ's Monthly Report on Recent Economic and Financial Developments for September and Governor Masaaki Shirakawa's speech at the annual meeting of Japanese brokerages. Investors will be interested to know the Japanese central bank's ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... cent, following a revised increase of 0.4% in June. Financial markets will also be interested in BoJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa's thoughts when he speaks in Nagoya early this week. Last week, the BoJ Governor admitted that Japan was facing a recessionary ...

US houses continue to burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... manufacturing sector in this region. Today, Bank of Japan takes centre stage with a scheduled speech by Governor Masaaki Shirakawa and the release of the Monetary Board minutes from the previous meeting. Japanese department store sales for June are due ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... interest rates unchanged at 0.5 percent this year amid building signs of a slowdown in the economy. BoJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa talk this Friday, will likely reinforce the theme of slowing growth due to rising energy and raw material costs and weakening ...
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