by K-man | August 9th, 2018, 09:40:48 | News
US-Japan trade talks start today Today marks the start of planned meetings between US Trade Rep Lighthizer and Japan’s Economy Minister Motegi We’re not expecting to much out of these straight away but who knows what comments may hit.....
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 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...
by K-man | June 21st, 2018, 23:33:05 | Economic Data, Japan
Japan May 2018 National CPI data on 22.06.2018 prior 0.6% CPI YoY 0.7% vs 0.7% exp, prior 0.7% CPI ex fresh food & energy YoY 0.3% vs 0.3% exp, prior 0.4% A slight beat on the headline CPI but the one BOJ scrutinises, the core core continues to slump. As per usual...
by K-man | June 7th, 2018, 23:55:31 | Economic Data, Japan
Japan April 2018 current account data on 08.06.2018 prior jpy 3.122B Adjusted current account jpy 1.885B vs 2.100B exp, prior jpy 1.077B Trade balance-Balance of payment basis jpy 573.8 B vs jpy 743B exp , prior jpy 1.190B Also out the bank lending figures YoY for May...
