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    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The Bank of Japan’s policy predicament

      Kuroda, or his successor, must solve challenges around yield curve control

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Bank of Japan defies market pressure and holds firm on yield curve control

      Yen tumbles 2% after decision to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Yen traders brace for volatility as BoJ meets

      Outcome risky to predict for investors waiting for pivot in bank policy

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Bank of Japan
      Global bond markets take hit after BoJ’s shock policy move

      Change by Japan’s central bank to controversial yield curve control triggers sell-off in sovereign debt

    • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
      Bank of Japan
      Bank of Japan stuns markets with yield control policy change

      ‘Major surprise’ sends yen roaring higher and pushes Tokyo stocks lower

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      ExplainerCharts that Matter
      Yen stages comeback against the dollar

      Japan’s currency plunged to multi-decade lows in early autumn but investors eye a turning point

    • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen
      Twitter’s ‘collision course’ with EU

      Military briefing: how the battlefield will shift after Russia’s Kherson retreat

    • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
      Yen rebounds from 32-year lows on hopes for slower Fed rate rises

      Some analysts see ‘final phase’ in period of historic weakness in Japan’s currency

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      LexJapanese business & finance
      Japan cars: established stock patterns are changing Premium content

      Investors need a new strategy as operating earnings disappoint markets

    • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
      The Big Read
      How long can Japan’s central bank defy global market forces?

      Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is betting on a royal flush of macroeconomic outcomes to win the battle. But the costs, and the risks, are rising

    • Monday, 31 October, 2022
      Japan spent $43bn in October to defend the yen

      Government intervened after currency tumbled to 32-year low against the dollar

    • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
      Markets InsightJesper Koll
      Why the yen will rally from its current pain point

      Currency weakness is spurring much-needed changes in Japan Inc that will trigger more domestic and global investment

    • Monday, 24 October, 2022
      Yen swings as traders speculate about third intervention

      Japanese authorities spent an estimated $30bn last week to prop up the currency

    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
      Lex
      Yen: weak currency is weakening the country’s future  Premium content

      By the time the central bank changes direction, the damage may already be done

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
      Yen slips past ¥150 against the dollar to lowest level since 1990

      Depreciation of Japan’s currency has investors on alert for further government intervention

    • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
      Bank of Japan
      Yen down

      At what point does the BoJ beg the Fed for mercy?

    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      KKR & Co LP
      KKR to push further into Japan as yen hovers at 32-year low

      Buyout group expects Tokyo business reforms to bolster company profits

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      Yen weakness sparks fresh questions about further BoJ support

      Japanese currency remains at lowest level against dollar since 1990

    • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
      Yen falls into intervention zone with new 24-year low

      Japan’s currency moves past ¥145.90 per dollar level that prompted action last month

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Foreign exchange
      Japan’s forex reserves fall by record $54bn

      China’s foreign currency holdings also dropped in September as the strength of the dollar rose

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Japan spent almost $20bn in effort to defend tumbling yen

      Currency has fallen back towards 24-year lows despite country’s intervention

    • Sunday, 25 September, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Japan’s yen intervention is ineffectual but inoffensive

      Buying the currency is tolerable if it keeps the government out of monetary policy

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
      Treasuries’ big move Premium content

      Plus yen intervention might work?

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      Foreign exchange
      Investors stand by big yen short despite BoJ intervention

      Analysts say Japan’s central bank does not have enough firepower to prop up currency in long term

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
      Catch a falling yen

      Hawkish EU member states push for hard-hitting measures against Russia

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