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Bank of Japan Notes and Coins

BOJ Signals Flexibility on Yield Curve Control

Bank of Japan Moves Closer to Normalization with Loosening of Yield Curve Control What is Yield Curve Control The central bank basically buys Japanese government bonds whenever the 10-year yields risk going beyond the 0.5% allowable range or below zero. …

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Bank of Japan Yen Notes and Coins

Bank of Japan – Key Decision Ahead

The Bank of Japan has key decisions to make tomorrow.  In fact, this meeting is seen as more important than the FED meeting by the market since the range of policy options that could be undertaken by the BOJ is…

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Bank of Japan Yen Notes and Coins

Bank of Japan – hold steady for now

New stimulus was announced but waiting to do possibly more at the next meeting in September.  In short, they decided to assess their approach, so a cautious approach. The move today is also a recognition that policy might be at…

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Bank of Japan Yen Notes

Japan – BOJ Stimulus is it Yes or No?

The bad news is that growth is slowing for domestic and external reasons.  The good news (if you can call it that) is that Japan is not the only large economy caught in a deflationary spiral. Japan grew at 4.5%…

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