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By Alp Kocak |
November 26, 2013
The USD/JPY pair rose during the session on Monday, but couldn’t hang onto the gains. What resulted is a shooting star, and as a result the market looks as if it is ready to pull back.
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By Anthony Lazzara |
August 7, 2013
The BOJ releases their policy announcement tomorrow, and the market is expecting no new stimulus from the BOJ, which is perhaps why the Yen is rallying. The Pound is also rallying on more specific policy guidance from Carney and the BOE.
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By John Detrixhe and Emma Charlton, Bloomberg |
July 22, 2013
The yen rose for the first time in four days against the dollar amid speculation further policy measures may be needed to weaken the currency after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s coalition cemented control of parliament.
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By Liz Capo McCormick and Neal Armstrong, Bloomberg |
June 14, 2013
The yen strengthened against most of its 16 major counterparts after minutes from the Bank of Japan’s latest meeting showed one policy maker advocated restricting stimulus to a two-year period.
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By Ari Altstedter and Joseph Ciolli, Bloomberg |
June 11, 2013
The yen rose the most in three years against the dollar as the Bank of Japan refrained from adding more stimulus measures that tend to weaken a currency.
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By Joseph Ciolli and Neal Armstrong, Bloomberg |
June 11, 2013
The yen rose more than 1% against all 16 of its major peers after the Bank of Japan refrained from introducing additional stimulus measures that tend to weaken a currency.
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By Anthony Lazzara |
June 11, 2013
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he sees no need to expand monetary stimulus immediately in an official BOJ statement made last night. The equity markets are selling off this morning mainly on that "disappointment."
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By Anthony Lazzara |
June 10, 2013
We have seen some very extended moves in the Japanese yen recently, and today this currency is down almost 200 ticks to 100.82. The market is closely watching this week’s BOJ meeting for any further cues on monetary policy and stimulus size.
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By James Ramelli |
May 30, 2013
Japanese equity markets rallied upon the policy enactment with the Nikkei 225 going above 15,000 for the first time since before the 2008 crisis.
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By Toru Fujioka and Masahiro Hidaka, Bloomberg |
May 29, 2013
Traders of Japanese government bonds want the central bank to buy more short-term notes and to conduct purchases more frequently, according to Bank of Japan officials after a meeting with market participants.
