IMF chief urges debt-laden nations to act now to avoid problems
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that her worry is greatest for low-income countries because 60% are in debt distress or in danger of reaching that point.
Shunichi Suzuki takes Japan finance reins as election and stimulus loom
The 68-year-old Suzuki was appointed to the job after helping to install the country’s new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, who took the job earlier Monday.
Tapering doesn’t mean tightening for central bank money printers
In recent weeks, the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it will start paring its massive bond-buying as soon as November and the Bank of England hinted that it may raise interest rates this year.
Central banks have let the genie out of the bottle
If anyone knows how hard it is to roll back extraordinary monetary support, it’s Japan.
BOJ’s monetary easing lags behind U.S. and European central banks
Monetary easing measures adopted by the Bank of Japan lack boldness.
The world’s economic visionaries can't see past tomorrow
The Bank of Japan was once a monetary policy pioneer. Now it’s in crisis mode.
BOJ downgrades assessments of three Japanese regions due to weakening overseas demand
The Bank of Japan on Wednesday downgraded its economic assessments of three out of the country's nine regions, citing slowing production due to weak demand from overseas. In its quarterly Sakura report, the BOJ revised down its views on Hokuriku and Tokai in central Japan, ...
Japan's unfathomable financial policies
Economic theories can't fully explain Japan's financial policies.
G20 finance chiefs discuss measures to guard against economic risks in Fukuoka meeting
Finance leaders from the Group of 20 nations kick off a meeting in Fukuoka and discuss measures to guard against economic risks.
A higher levy would undermine the Bank of Japan's ability to consider additional stimulus.
BOJ gets extra innings just to hit a single
Finance Minister Taro Aso bought Haruhiko Kuroda time to reach that elusive 2 percent inflation target, but this isn't where the BOJ head wants to be.
