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TOKYO, April 13 – Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa will appear before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. , a parliamentary...
Deflation Continues In Japan 24-3-2010
Deflation Continues In Japan Japan’s core CPI rate has declined for 11 straight months.The core CPI declined by 1.3% in January.The decline in January CPI...
EU officials throw Greece a small life preserver
Appetite for risk is being fueled by the Fed, BOJ and EU support for Greece. Even Standard and Poor’s has given Greece’s austerity budget cuts their stamp of...
Senior BOJ official to appear in parliament Tuesday
TOKYO, March 16 – Bank of Japan Executive Director Hiroshi Nakaso will appear before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. , a parliamentary...
JGB futures inch down on stocks; BOJ meeting eyed
By Rika Otsuka TOKYO, Feb 17 – Japanese government bond futures inched down on Wednesday, slipping from a seven-week high hit the previous day, as a jump in...
Japan’s Measures to Fight Deflation Struggle to Show Progress
For Japan’s central bank and government, there are no easy answers to a growing deflation problem. A loose monetary policy so far has been ineffective and...
Does the Bank of Japan Have Enough Juice to Overcome Nagging Deflation?
By Jason Simpkins Managing Editor Money Morning The Bank of Japan (BOJ) yesterday (Tuesday) took steps to preserve a fragile economic recovery by pumping more short-term...
Nikkei turns positive ahead of extra BOJ meeting
TOKYO, Dec 1 – Japan’s Nikkei average turned positive to rise 0.4 percent on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan said it would hold an extraordinary policy...
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