BOJ sticks to ultra-easy monetary policy in light of ‘extremely high uncertainties’

Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the central bank’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s central bank expectedly left its ultra-loose monetary policy unchanged at its final policy meeting this year in … Read more

BOJ tools include YCC, bond buying, interest rates

The Japan flag is juxtaposed against a Japanese yen bank note. Javier Ghersi | Moment | Getty Images Bank of Japan policymakers will gather in Tokyo next week for their penultimate meeting this year. Market observers expect them to raise their inflation projections, while others think further modest adjustments to its yield curve control policy … Read more

Japan’s Nikkei 225 at document excessive of 40,000? One strategist thinks so

Guests take a look at screens displaying inventory indices on the Tokyo Inventory Change in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Photographs Japan’s Nikkei 225 can attain 40,000 factors within the subsequent 12 months as fundamentals are “pointing in the correct path,” in response to market strategist Jesper … Read more