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    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      ExplainerJapanese government bonds
      What the end of Japan’s yield curve control experiment means for markets

      Investor reaction to the BoJ removing the hard ceiling on 10-year yields has so far been muted

      Montage showing the Bank of Japan, 100 Japenese Yen coin, and a bar chart
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Central bank intervention
      The BoJ is, or isn’t, playing a blinder

      Deutsche Bank sees danger for the yen

    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Yen under renewed pressure following BoJ policy tweak

      Currency sinks close to last intervention point after small adjustment to central bank policy

      Outside of Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Bank of Japan under pressure from weak yen and soaring yields

      Two-day policy meeting could end with changes to trading band for government bonds

      Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Japanese business & finance
      ‘50 Cent’ has a big new trade on – the Japanese yen

      RIP YCC = JPY FTW

    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      Unhedged podcast17 min listen
      Japan’s new direction

      Will Japan’s pledge to change corporate culture work?

    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
      Unhedged podcast17 min listen
      Three markets we’re watching

      How will gold, oil and the yen respond to chaos in the Middle East?

    • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
      Japanese government bonds
      Bank of Japan buys $12.7bn of bonds as yields hit highest in a decade

      Purchases come as global market sell-off drives US Treasury rates

      A man walks past the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Japanese yen falls through key level of 150 to dollar

      Traders left confused as currency strengthens sharply after breaking through closely watched level

      Pedestrians cross a street in Tokyo
    • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in Japan
      Yen tumbles and shares soar as Japan inflation begins to bite

      Export industries report all-time highs, while households face rising cost of imports

      A worker assembles a vehicle on the production line of a factory
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Yen tumbles after Bank of Japan maintains ultra-low interest rates

      August data shows consumer price growth exceeded 2% target for 17th straight month

      Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      South Korean business & finance
      South Korea launches samurai bond in Japan as bilateral relations improve

      Bank of Japan’s dovish monetary policy has made yen-denominated debt issuance attractive

      From left, US president Joe Biden, Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Foreign exchange
      China and Japan push back against dollar strength

      People’s Bank of China sets renminbi trading band higher than expected while Tokyo warns against yen’s decline

      A hand holding $100 bills
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Japanese economy
      Inflation worries fuel Japanese rush to buy gold

      Retail price hits record high above ¥10,000 per gramme as household attitudes to risk shift after years of deflation

      Gold bars
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Japanese government bonds
      Investment flows poised for historic shift after ‘giant leap’ by BoJ

      Long-dated bond yields jump to 9-year high as analysts hail ‘de facto abolishment’ of trading cap

      A Japanese national flag flutters at the headquarters of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo
    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      Yen rallies on bets BoJ will tweak yield curve controls

      Currency strengthened past ¥140 against dollar, erasing entirety of its fall in June

      A person’s hands in view, counting Yen notes
    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Markets InsightRichard Katz
      Intervention to shore up the yen will not work

      Japan’s currency is so weak because exporters have lost their competitiveness

    • Friday, 30 June, 2023
      Japanese yen falls to 7-month low against dollar

      Currency close to levels of last market intervention by Tokyo

      A montage of a Japanese yen note and an arrow pointing down
    • Tuesday, 27 June, 2023
      Yen slide fuels speculation over government intervention

      Japanese authorities promise to ‘respond appropriately’ if currency drop becomes excessive

      Japanese ¥10,000 notes
    • Monday, 10 April, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Yen slides as new Bank of Japan governor sticks to ultra-loose policy

      Kazuo Ueda says negative interest rates and yield curve control remain appropriate for now

      Kazuo Ueda
    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Kuroda sticks to guns in last BoJ meeting after ‘bazooka’ decade

      Departing governor leaves measures to change ultra-loose policies to successor Kazuo Ueda

      Bank of Japan headquarters
    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Is the Bank of Japan really easing policy?

      (No)

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The Bank of Japan’s policy predicament

      Kuroda, or his successor, must solve challenges around yield curve control

      Commuters pass the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. If the BoJ tries to defend yield curve control and fails it will pay a bitter price in cash and credibility
    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Bank of Japan defies market pressure and holds firm on yield curve control

      Yen tumbles 2% after decision to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy

      A man walks past the headquarters of Bank of Japan in Tokyo
    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Yen traders brace for volatility as BoJ meets

      Outcome risky to predict for investors waiting for pivot in bank policy

      Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan
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