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Bank of Japan's next chief says monetary easing 'appropriate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 12:36 PM

The Bank of Japan's long-standing monetary easing policies are "appropriate", its next governor Kazuo Ueda told parliament on Friday, suggesting no sudden changes to the bank's stance when he takes the helm in April. Read more »

Asian markets rise as BOJ defies market bets for policy tweaks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 11:35 PM

Philippine shares rise in steps with Asian peers as investors cheer the Bank of Japan's move to maintain status quo. Read more »

Asian markets up on recovery hopes, yen sinks after BoJ decision

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 02:26 PM

Asian markets rose Wednesday to maintain their strong start to the year, with Tokyo soaring and the yen tumbling after the Bank of Japan decided against further tweaking monetary policy. Read more »

Bank of Japan leaves policy unchanged, yen weakens

Kyoko Hasegawa and Sara Hussein, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 01:32 PM

Japan's central bank left its ultra-easy monetary policy unchanged on Wednesday, sending the yen plunging against the dollar. Read more »

Bank of Japan sticks to easing despite yen pressure

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 12:11 PM

The Bank of Japan stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policies, even as the yen comes under pressure from tightening by the US Federal Reserve. Read more »

The great exit: central banks line up to taper emergency stimulus

Reuters
Posted at May 07 03:11 PM

The Bank of England's decision on Thursday to slow the pace of its bond-buying makes it the second central bank from a G7 economy to begin the slow exit from pandemic-era money-printing stimulus schemes. Read more »

Japan bank deposits rise at record pace as firms, households hoard cash

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Feb 08 10:43 AM

Japanese bank deposits surged at a record annual pace in January, data showed on Monday, a sign companies and households were continuing to hoard cash to guard against the prolonged damage from the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

BOJ debated room for stimulus tweaks with eye on long battle with pandemic

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Dec 23 09:37 AM

Bank of Japan policymakers kicked off discussions in October on ways to make their massive stimulus programme more sustainable, with one member calling for a tweak to the bank's huge purchases of risky assets, minutes of the meeting showed on Wednesday. Read more »

BOJ's Kuroda says economy to continue recovering from pandemic's pain

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 03:31 PM

The Bank of Japan raised its economic assessment for most of the country's nine regions to say they were starting to pick up, underscoring the central bank's growing conviction the economy is emerging from the worst hit of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

BOJ's Kuroda warns pandemic to keep economic uncertainty 'very high'

Reuters
Posted at Oct 05 03:15 PM

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday uncertainty over the country's economic and price outlook remained "very high" as the coronavirus pandemic continued to inflict pain on global growth.   Read more »

Bank of Japan vows to keep firms funded amid economic uncertainties

Reuters
Posted at Sep 23 04:42 PM

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank will continue to work closely with the government to ease corporate funding strains, as the coronavirus crisis keeps the economic outlook highly uncertain. Read more »

Bank of Japan upholds policies as economy slowly revives

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 17 04:15 PM

Japan's central bank on Thursday said it would maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy as the virus-hit economy gradually picks up, with no big changes announced the day after new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga took office. Read more »