Weak exports, not tax hike, could shake BOJ
The Bank of Japan is increasingly confident that the economy is weathering the recent tax increase and on its way out of deflation, but another threat to that optimistic scenario is lurking in the form...
View ArticleConfident of recovery, Bank of Japan eyes stimulus exit
The Bank of Japan has begun shifting its focus from supporting growth to phasing out its massive stimulus, taking the first tentative steps toward a potentially momentous move for the world economy....
View ArticleKuroda sprang easing surprise to head off damaging inflation forecast
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda not only surprised the markets with his latest splurge of monetary easing. He sprang it on his own Policy Board members just two days earlier, jolted into action to...
View ArticleKuroda sprang easing surprise to head off damaging inflation forecast
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda not only surprised the markets with his latest splurge of monetary easing. He sprang it on his own Policy Board members just two days earlier, jolted into action to...
View ArticleBOJ increasingly likely to cut price forecasts, sources say
The Bank of Japan looks increasingly likely to cut its inflation forecasts next month, sources say, making its target of 2 percent in the year from April look ever more ambitious, just three months...
View ArticleChina eager to learn from Japan’s economic missteps
China is poring over Japanese history for economic lessons to keep its massive economy away from the recession and deflation that has blighted Japan for 20 years. The post China eager to learn from...
View ArticleAbe-Kuroda ‘honeymoon’ risks being soured by fiscal friction
The rift between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his hand-picked central banker is becoming hard to conceal, leaving “Abenomics” and its money-printing program under a dark cloud. The post Abe-Kuroda...
View ArticleSpending slump casts doubt on Bank of Japan optimism
Household spending slumped unexpectedly in April and consumer inflation came in roughly flat, casting doubt on the central bank’s view that a steady economic recovery will help move inflation toward...
View ArticleJapan using robots as fix for labor, growth woes
Factory worker Satomi Iwata has new coworkers, a troupe of humanoid automata that are helping to address two of Japan’s most pressing concerns — a shortage of labor and a need for growth. The 19...
View ArticleWorries over Chinese yuan put BOJ in a bind
China’s devaluation of the yuan exposes an undefended flank in the Bank of Japan’s efforts to jolt its flagging economy out of decades of deflation, which rely heavily on a solid pick-up in overseas...
View ArticleBank of Japan to stand pat even as goals depart from reality, sources say
Bank of Japan policymakers are in no mood to expand monetary stimulus this week, sources familiar with their thinking say, even as poor data challenges their presumption that economic recovery will...
View ArticleBOJ to snip GDP, inflation forecasts for 2015, 2016
The Bank of Japan will cut its growth and inflation outlook for this fiscal year at a rate review next week, but only slightly tweak its projections for next year, sources said, possibly tempering...
View ArticleKuroda’s call for firms to do more to fight deflation seen indicating BOJ’s...
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda J is urging companies to do more to tackle deflation, a tacit admission that his massive money-printing exercise has failed and policymakers are losing faith in the...
View ArticleBOJ to debate exempting $90 billion in short-term funds from negative rates
The Bank of Japan’s policy board is set to discuss this week whether to exempt $90 billion in short-term funds from its newly imposed negative interest rate, people familiar with the matter said, after...
View ArticleBOJ makes contingency plans for Brexit, sees dollar squeeze a risk
Policymakers are in frequent contact with their European counterparts on how to soothe markets if Britain votes to leave the European Union, with the first line of defense aimed at preventing a...
View ArticleAs Abenomics loses shine, Japan’s shoppers seek bargains
Three years of Abenomics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s bold stimulus program, has failed to dislodge a deflationary mindset among businesses and consumers. As the world’s third-largest economy falters...
View ArticleBank of Japan tries financial education where a mound of money failed
Having spent more than three years and trillions of dollars in a losing battle against deflation, the Bank of Japan is hoping that a little ...
View ArticleSouring relations with market puts BOJ’s bold experiment to test
Japan’s attempts to revive anemic consumer spending through unconventional monetary policy have created new problems for the central bank in its daily dealings with financial ...
View ArticleU.S. may find tough negotiator in fiery minister Aso
In his presidential campaign last year, U.S. President Donald Trump promised to scrap trade deals that gave unfair advantages to other nations and replace them ...
View ArticleFrugal households offer no respite for BOJ, retailers
Naruhito Nogami, a 37-year-old systems engineer in Tokyo, drives to discount stores on weekends to buy cheap groceries in bulk, even though he earns enough ...
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