Bank of Japan

The Bank of Japan held its monetary policy meeting last week on Wednesday. As widely expected, the central bank held its monetary policy and QE unchanged. Speaking at the press conference, the BoJ Governor Kuroda cautioned the risks of… Read More

The Japanese Yen moved lower mid-week in response to the latest Bank of Japan meeting which saw the central bank keeping rates unchanged, as expected while revising its inflation forecast lower. The revision, which saw the bank’s 2019… Read More

The week ahead will mark the change into a new trading month. Economic data will, therefore, cover the month of October which will shed light into the state of the global economies for the third quarter of the year. Inflation data from… Read More

The price of Japanese government bonds rose on Wednesday following the BOJ’s outright bond purchases announcement which saw central bank refraining from specifically referring to any tweaks or alterations to its current bond purchase… Read More

The Bank of Japan held its monetary policy meeting last week on Wednesday. As widely expected, the central bank kept its interest rates unchanged including its QE operations. The central bank will also continue to purchase exchange-traded… Read More

Japanese trade data was weaker than expected once again over August, remaining in the red for a second consecutive month. The headline trade balance figure was -445 bln JPY, showing a stark increase from July’s -232 bln JPY. The seasonally… Read More

Daily Forex Market Preview, 19/09/2018 The U.S. dollar was seen trading down on Tuesday. Fresh news about the U.S. slapping China with higher tariffs was met by China responding in the same. The markets were however to the reports.… Read More

The latest revised GDP numbers from Japan showed that the economy advanced faster than previously expected. The data on the final reading on the gross domestic product from the Cabinet Office showed that Japan's GDP advanced at an annual… Read More

Like all currency pairs, there are certain peculiarities of Japan and their currency that make the JPY perform differently, and this can have an impact on how the market behaves. Consequently here are a few things from a fundamental… Read More

As we move through the final month of the penultimate quarter of the year, I thought it would be good to have a quick catch up on where the four major G10 central banks are at. It's been a far busier summer than usual with ongoing trade… Read More