Bank of Japan

Risk aversion has stalked the currency market, with the Brexit fallout driving the dollar higher against a swath of...

While the Brexit shock delivered a severe jolt to US markets, by the end of last week shares had recovered much of...

Japanese companies were reluctant to invest even before the yen surged in the wake of Brexit, according to the Bank of...

Another month of deflation in Japan has boosted expectations the Bank of Japan will ease monetary policy further this...

Asian stocks markets continued a global rally, with the Bank of England spurring expectations central banks are on hand...

I love the smell of monetary stimulus in the morning. And so do global stock markets, which have rallied on the...

If there’s some good news for Japan’s large companies, it’s that business conditions didn’t deteriorate that much in...

Oh dear. Pressure on the Bank of Japan to ease monetary policy and support the economy has probably been given another...

Taiwan’s central bank has trimmed its benchmark rate to 1.375 per cent from 1.5 per cent, amid heightened attention on...

European and US equity gauges are steadier and government bond prices are nudging higher as the volatility delivered...

Japanese equities shrugged off a poor industrial production reading in early trade on Thursday, despite no major...

Wednesday 21:00 BST. Another day of stabilisation in global markets saw UK blue-chip stocks recover all the losses...

In the midst of the fallout from the UK’s decision to leave the EU last week, Japan has become a haven for investors....

Global government debt with negative yields has increased by more than a trillion dollars since the end of May after...

Brexit poses another problem for central banks struggling to combat low productivity and high debt levels on the path...

Let’s jump ahead to where the world is going. In Japan, which has battled deflation for two decades, many consider the...

A worldwide, post-Brexit scramble for protection from risk has forced yields across the entire Japanese Government Bond...

The Bank of England has pumped £3.1bn into the country’s banking system following the UK’s decision to leave the EU....

The past few weeks have not been happy ones for many central bankers — and none more so than Haruhiko Kuroda, the...

In the wake of the UK vote in favour of leaving the EU, analysts believe the odds of the Bank of Japan unleashing...

Asian stock markets were struggling on Monday as investors continued to process the implications of the UK’s decision...

Early Monday is seeing slight falls as markets get underway. Banks are braced however with extra staff on hand....

Japanese trading floors lurched from frenzied activity to silent disbelief in the closing minutes of Friday trading, as...

We are full-on tin hats mode here on Alphaville, as we pass along interesting commentary as fast as we spot it. Two of...

Japanese authorities were locked in crisis meetings as the vote for Brexit sent the yen crashing through Y100 to the...

As the Tokyo afternoon session entered its final hour with stocks in the Topix index almost 8 per cent down on the day...

That’s it. That thing that seemed first impossible, then worryingly plausible, then shockingly probable — it’s actually...

Japanese finance minister Taro Aso (pictured) will hold a press conference at 1.15pm local time – 5.15am in London –...

Calls for international policy co-ordination have often been rejected by policymakers on the grounds that cross-border...

Friends, advisors, clients, counterparties: it’s almost over. By Friday we’ll have emerged from the tyranny of the...

Japan must redouble economic stimulus or admit that it will take years to reach inflation of 2 per cent, the...

Japan requires an overhaul of its economic strategy three years into its ambitious “Abenomics” programme, the...

The sentiment guiding international investors and policymakers over the last week could perhaps best be expressed by a...

In January, the markets panicked about a hard landing in China, accompanied by fears of a sudden devaluation of the...

Is quantitative failure, in other words the diminishing power of central bank bond-buying to stimulate growth, a risk...

Mrs Togawa leaves her house in western Tokyo determined to buy a safe. She has come to a shop with a great selection, a...

The yen is on the March in European trading. Japan’s currency had been as much as 0.6 per cent weaker during the Asian...