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Yen Weakens to Lowest Since July on Fixing, Retail Selling
4 days, 7 hours ago

Yen Weakens to Lowest Since July on Fixing, Retail Selling

Live Mint  

-- The yen slid to its weakest since July against the dollar, underperforming all major currencies, with analysts attributing the drop to Japanese retail investors’ outflows as well as to Tokyo benchmark fixing. READ: Japan’s Kato: Will Take Action Against Any Excessive FX Moves “As we’ve entered the new year, it’s possible that there was yen selling from overseas investment …

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JGB yields jump after Fed’s slow rate cut signal lifts US Treasury peers
3 weeks, 2 days ago

JGB yields jump after Fed’s slow rate cut signal lifts US Treasury peers

Live Mint  

TOKYO, - Japanese government bond yields jumped on Thursday as investors awaited the Bank of Japan's policy decision due later in the day, with a surge in U.S. Treasury yields overnight weighing on market sentiment. U.S. Treasury yields surged on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates as widely expected, but flagged a slower pace of easing next year …

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BOJ to Debate Rate Hike While Seeing Limited Urgency
3 weeks, 3 days ago

BOJ to Debate Rate Hike While Seeing Limited Urgency

Live Mint  

-- The Bank of Japan is set to discuss whether or not an interest rate hike is warranted on Thursday, with views from officials suggesting a lean toward a hold amid growing market speculation of a January move. More than half of economists now predict a rate hike in January while 44% still see it coming this week, according to …

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Japan’s Nikkei slips on firmer yen amid BOJ rate hike bets; logs worst month since April
1 month, 1 week ago

Japan’s Nikkei slips on firmer yen amid BOJ rate hike bets; logs worst month since April

Live Mint  

By Brigid Riley TOKYO, - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Friday as the yen strengthened on growing expectations of an interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan after hotter-than-expected inflation data. Meanwhile, banks and insurance stocks were boosted by prospects of the rate hike, sending Dai-ichi Life Holdings soaring 3.5% and Chiba Bank rallying 4.2% to land among …

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Ueda's Focus on Right-Sizing Normalization: Keeping Him Awake 24/7
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ueda's Focus on Right-Sizing Normalization: Keeping Him Awake 24/7

Live Mint  

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda hints at more interest-rate hikes, saying that figuring out the right size and timing for further normalization of Japan's easy monetary policy is his over-arching preoccupation. Ueda also spoke shortly after Japan's currency slid as much as 1.4% to 153.19 per dollar on Wednesday, the weakest level since July 31. While the BOJ chief …

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Japanese megabank SMFG got thrown out with the bath water
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Japanese megabank SMFG got thrown out with the bath water

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The recent turmoil in Japanese stocks has offered up some interesting opportunities. Ironically, what triggered the selloff—a rate increase and surprisingly hawkish messages from the Bank of Japan—should theoretically benefit the country’s banks as they could generate higher yields on loans and investments while deposit rates are somewhat stickier. SMFG said the past two rate increases in March and July …

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Japan’s central bank keeps its negative interest rate unchanged, says it’s watching wage trends
1 year ago

Japan’s central bank keeps its negative interest rate unchanged, says it’s watching wage trends

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The Bank of Japan kept its longstanding easy credit policy unchanged on Tuesday, saying it will watch price and wage trends before raising its negative benchmark interest rate. The central bank’s policy statement said that housing investment remained weak and government spending was flat. “With extremely high uncertainties surrounding economies and financial markets at home and abroad, the …

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Pressure mounts on Japan as Yen weakens amid US interest rate hike expectations
1 year, 3 months ago

Pressure mounts on Japan as Yen weakens amid US interest rate hike expectations

Live Mint  

Japanese authorities are facing renewed pressure to combat a sustained depreciation in the yen, as investors eye prospects of higher-for-longer US interest rates while the Bank of Japan remains wedded to its super low interest rate policy. With the dollar having breached the psychologically important 150-yen level, many market players see 151.94 yen, where Japan last intervened, as the next …

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Yen plunges to new 24-year low against US dollar
2 years, 4 months ago

Yen plunges to new 24-year low against US dollar

Al Jazeera  

One dollar was worth more than 140 Japanese yen for the first time since 1998 in European afternoon deals. One dollar was worth more than 140 yen for the first time since 1998 in European afternoon deals on Thursday, as the greenback also strengthened against other currencies, boosted by the ever-widening gap between the yields on US and Japanese government …

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Investors bet one of the biggest trades on Wall Street will unwind
2 years, 6 months ago

Investors bet one of the biggest trades on Wall Street will unwind

Live Mint  

The rapid fall in the Japanese yen has been at the center of one of the biggest bets on Wall Street this year. The central bank’s governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, said Japan is likely to continue its ultra-easy monetary policy despite recent rises in prices in a parliamentary testimony in late May and speeches this month. The Bank of Japan bought …

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