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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 9, 2016
Japan policymakers fearful of constantly dodgy data
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida joked almost 70 years ago that if Japan had kept better data, it might never have started a war with the U.S. His grandson, Finance Minister Taro Aso, worries about flawed statistics that could mislead economic policymakers today.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2015
Bank of Japan has room to maintain easing, Suga says
The Bank of Japan still has policy options to continue its unprecedented monetary easing, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in an interview days after the central bank announced it would not expand its main stimulus target.
EDITORIALS
Dec 24, 2015
Wrong-headed BOJ program
The Bank of Japan appears to be entering the realm of meddling — even indirectly — with business decisions by private-sector companies.
BUSINESS
Dec 24, 2015
Abe, BOJ urge higher wages; businesses unconvinced
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda on Thursday applied fresh pressure on companies to do their part in putting a sustained end to deflation by boosting wages and investment.
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2015
Most analysts' 2016 calls unaltered by BOJ's program tweaks
Most economists are sticking with their forecast on whether the Bank of Japan will add to its unprecedented monetary stimulus after Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday announced tweaks to the program, remaining sharply divided about what the central bank will likely do in 2016.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Dec 21, 2015
BOJ's ¥300 billion plan to buy nonexistent ETFs puzzles market
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has a new plan. He's going to buy ¥300 billion ($2.5 billion) of something that doesn't exist.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2015
Tightest job market since 1992 may weigh on Japan bonds
The nation's most severe labor shortage in almost quarter of a century will support the central bank's inflation target and weaken appetite for already low-yielding bonds.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 15, 2015
BOJ gains confidence in Japan's economy; cheap oil a threat
Bank of Japan officials are gaining confidence in the resilience of the nation's economy, while keeping a close eye on the impact of low oil prices on inflation expectations, according to people familiar with the central bank's discussions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 9, 2015
Abe's dubious 'new arrows'
Abenomics has shifted from economic growth driven by the private sector to relying on government spending, and is even moving toward state capitalism.
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2015
BOJ dooms credit analysts as foreign banks let Tokyo posts lapse
Foreign brokerages are leaving credit analyst positions in Tokyo unfilled as record central bank bond-buying stimulus makes it hard for them to make profits.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 7, 2015
BOJ trails ECB's rates; experts see few options
Now that the European Central Bank has cut its deposit rate, while the Bank of Japan has held steady on policy for more than a year, concerns are growing that BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has little room to maneuver.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 3, 2015
Japan Inc.'s record profit streak threatened as yen projections bottom
Japan Inc.'s currency cookie jar may be just about empty.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Nov 30, 2015
Kuroda swaying Japan bond market on inflation without new stimulus
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda is starting to convince bond investors he can revive inflation without extra monetary easing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 20, 2015
BOJ easing seen as blunt tool by one fund, blowing bubbles by another
TCW Group Inc. says the Bank of Japan has made a mistake and should exit quantitative easing as soon as possible. Invesco Ltd. says the only error was not starting sooner.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2015
Bank of Japan is done boosting stimulus: experts
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, who unleashed unprecedented monetary stimulus in 2013 and doubled down on it last year, is done expanding his efforts, according to an increasing number of economists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2015
BOJ critic Fujimaki sees 2% inflation hit, and that scares him
Takeshi Fujimaki, a banker turned opposition lawmaker, said the Bank of Japan will achieve its 2 percent inflation target much earlier than expected. And it scares him.

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