by Ryan Littlestone | August 6th, 2018, 11:21:50 | BOJ, Central Banks, News
Reuters sources story on the talk inside the Bank of Japan Post-BOJ meeting last week it’s been revealed that the BOJ planned to announce possible rate hikes in January. This was torpedoed by the wild market moves seen during that month. Then then were going to...
by K-man | July 31st, 2018, 04:35:49 | BOJ, Central Banks
BOJ quarterly outlook on 31.07.2018 GDP forecasts – Cuts FY18/19 GDP growth from 1.6% to 1.5% – Maintains FY19/20 GDP growth at 0.8% – Maintains FY20/21 GDP at 0.8% Inflation Outlook – Cuts FY18/19 core CPI outlook from 1.4% to 1.0%...
by K-man | July 31st, 2018, 04:21:05 | BOJ, Central Banks
BOJ monetary policy decision 31.07.2018 BOJ TWEAKS POLICY TO ENHANCE FLEXIBILITY Cuts amount to which negative rate applies, starts forward guidances Maintains Interest Rate on Excess Reserves (IOER) at -0.10% Maintains 10-year JGB Yield Curve Control at ~0.00% to...
by K-man | July 30th, 2018, 15:02:48 | BOJ, Central Banks
BOJ 31.07.2018 last preview Well I don’t have much to add to my last week’s preview to be honest. The BOJ watchers seem pretty much aligned with my expectations of what is reasonably to be expected, IF ANY CHANGE AT ALL. My base case scenario is there will...
by K-man | July 20th, 2018, 16:36:39 | BOJ, Central Banks
A word of caution on JPY after the Reuters pieces First: The Reuters article sites “sources close to BOJ thinking”. These are by no means official comments. BOJ watchers have repeatedly pointed out in the past months it was about time BOJ came up with some...
