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  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Inside BusinessLeo Lewis
    Why an M&A swoop in Hawaii is a big bet on the yen

    Approach for Aloha state carrier seems timed to gain from a rally in the currency but there are factors working against that too

    A Hawaiian Airlines plane
  • Saturday, 13 January, 2024
    Asia-Pacific equities
    Japanese stocks rally as investors’ rate rise fears wane

    Higher borrowing costs regarded as less likely due to economic fallout from New Year’s Day earthquake

  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    Yen falls after Bank of Japan sticks with negative interest rates

    Governor Kazuo Ueda says central bank in no rush to change monetary policy as Fed weighs cutting rates

    Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda
  • Saturday, 16 December, 2023
    Sovereign bonds
    Yen set for best month this year as dollar weakens

    BoJ expected to raise interest rates next year, while Fed signals rate cuts ahead

    The yen has climbed 7 per cent against the dollar since the middle of November
  • Thursday, 7 December, 2023
    Yen leaps to 3-month high as traders bet on Bank of Japan rate increase

    Central bank governor Kazuo Ueda fuels speculation of end to negative rates with comments to parliament

    Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan
  • 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
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