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Japan’s central bankers grapple with normalising monetary policy and unwinding the balance sheet
Governor Kazuo Ueda says central bank in no rush to change monetary policy as Fed weighs cutting rates
Well, there’s a lot of Japanese money in US corporate debt . . .
Investor reaction to the BoJ removing the hard ceiling on 10-year yields has so far been muted
Deutsche Bank sees danger for the yen
Currency sinks close to last intervention point after small adjustment to central bank policy
(Not a headline we thought we’d ever write)
Central bank raises interest rate cap under pressure from weakening yen, inflation and rising US Treasuries
Two-day policy meeting could end with changes to trading band for government bonds
Purchases come as global market sell-off drives US Treasury rates
August data shows consumer price growth exceeded 2% target for 17th straight month
Don’t look down
Long-dated bond yields jump to 9-year high as analysts hail ‘de facto abolishment’ of trading cap
Investment flows poised for historic shift after ‘giant leap’ by Bank of Japan
Soaring hedging costs have made foreign debt unattractive to some Japanese buyers
Central bank alters pillar of ultra-loose strategy in unexpected move
Prominent institutions say the central bank might well tweak policy of buying bonds to depress yields
Currency strengthened past ¥140 against dollar, erasing entirety of its fall in June
New central bank head inherits an asset-laden balance sheet and the world’s last negative interest rates
New central bank governor uses a phrase that suggests yield curve control could end this year
Central bank policy of yield curve control will inevitably unravel
Kazuo Ueda has hinted that ‘yield curve control’ is unlikely to survive in its existing form once he takes the helm
Just incredible stuff
Academic says central bank should sustain easing measures until 2% inflation target in sight
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