Tag Archives: BoJ
Bank of Japan preview
We expect the new Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, to leave his mark when BoJ on Thursday announces its decision from this week’s monetary meeting.
Bank of Japan Meeting Preview: Time for Action
Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) new Governor Kuroda will chair his first policy meeting on April 4th along with two newly appointed Deputy Governors Iwata and Nakaso.
Markets Steady as Earning Sessions Awaited
Financial markets are relative quiet this week so far as investors are generally cautious ahead of earning sessions, as well as ECB meeting later in the week.
Asia Today: No change from the BOJ but USDJPY holds firm
Asia was back on central bank watch during today’s session – one set of minutes and one actual meeting.
Asia Today: USDJPY holds gains despite no BOJ easing (this time)
Asia was in pause mode ahead of tonight’s non-farm payroll report with only the BOJ meeting to monitor. The BOJ left rates unchanged in a unanimous decision, did not announce any new monetary easing steps, but cut its assessment of the Japanese economy.
Risk rally, tortoise-style
Softer Chinese data are probably not soft enough to de-rail the risk rally * Asian data and news grabs overnight headlines. The Bank of Korea left rates on hold after last month’s surprise cut, and the won gained slightly. Chinese data come out slightly softer than expected as the slowdown continues.
Asia today: Currencies range at lower levels after German news
Currencies were steady at lower levels in the Asian session Wednesday, though a slight uptick in risk appetite was felt towards lunchtime. In EURUSD, the early attempt at a rally was rebuffed at the 1.2330 level in the US session after the German Constitutional Court delayed its decision on whether ratification of the new ESM […]
Bank of Japan November Minutes:
Some Bank of Japan board members repeated that the expansion of BOJ’s asset purchase program has had some effects on the market, the minutes of the BOJ’s Nov. 15-16 meeting released Tuesday showed.
UBS Morning Adviser: BoJ Unchanged
The Bank of Japan left policy entirely unchanged at its meeting overnight, as widely expected. Market focus is now fixed squarely on Europe again as the ECB gears up for the first of two three-year LTROs. By all accounts, the take up is expected to be strong and, if so, markets would likely interpret this […]
FX Strategy Flash: USDJPY – Short from Y77.40
– Find attached two previously published FX Strategy pieces related to USDJPY and authored by Rob Ryan – The first, originally published on Sep 8 (‘On the Floor in Japan’) includes a discussion of why we believe it is totally wrong to expect the BoJ to attempt to mimic the SNB’s September actions is setting […]