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NEGATIVE INTEREST RATE

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda will speak about the central bank's policy decision after a two-day meeting through Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 27, 2023
BOJ to scrutinize inflation trends amid policy tweak speculation
The BOJ is widely expected to revise upward its earlier inflation forecast for the current fiscal year to next March.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 16, 2017
BOJ keeps policy unchanged amid growing pressure to discuss stimulus exit plan
With inflation still distant from its target, the Bank of Japan left its monetary stimulus program on cruise control, saying improving private consumption will support a growing economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2017
Bank of Japan's Kuroda warns low rates may sow seeds of new financial crisis
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said Thursday low profitability at financial institutions could sow the seeds of a new financial crisis, offering his strongest warning to date of the demerits of aggressive monetary easing pursued by major central banks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2017
BOJ to conduct special bond buying after yield surge on Trump remarks
Japanese government bonds swung and the yen fell as the central bank moved to reassert control over surging yields, while money market rates rose in China after officials boosted their target for a key benchmark.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 15, 2016
Banks would be turned off by BOJ paying them to borrow, experts say
Japan's major lenders wouldn't want the central bank to pay them to borrow even if policymakers seeking to kill off deflation made such an offer, according to people familiar with the matter.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 21, 2016
Some BOJ policymakers worried about negative rates, minutes show
Minutes from the Bank of Japan's April policy meeting showed some members expressed misgivings over its negative interest rate policy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 2, 2016
BOJ's Sato is pessimistic on economy, central bank's strategy
A Bank of Japan board member expressed pessimism about the economy and the central bank's strategy, saying in a speech Thursday that the BOJ will be unable to reach its 2 percent inflation target as forecast and negative rates will not work to boost investment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2016
BOJ's newest board member Sakurai to cement Kuroda's majority
The Diet approved Makoto Sakurai as a Bank of Japan board member Wednesday, a move expected to strengthen Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's support on the board.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 22, 2016
ECB, BOJ using rates to push down currencies, King says
The European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are trying to push down the values of their respective currencies with the use of negative interest rates, former Bank of England Gov. Mervyn King said.
BUSINESS
Mar 18, 2016
Negative rates have helped global economy: IMF's Lagarde
The world economy would be worse off without negative interest rates, according to International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 15, 2016
Kuroda refrains from changing stimulus as Japan gauges negative rate impact
The Bank of Japan downgrades its assessment of the economy, but holds its fire on further monetary easing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 15, 2016
BOJ's negative rate move proving a gold mine for bullion retailers
The nation's negative interest rates are boosting demand for gold, according to its biggest bullion retailer.
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 11, 2016
BOJ negative rate seen as top tool by analysts, with cut by July
The Bank of Japan's new negative rate is the most likely tool for any expansion of stimulus, with a majority of economists in a survey forecasting additional easing by July.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 25, 2016
Faced with BOJ negative rates, money managers enter new era
BlackRock Inc.'s Jason Miller has fielded more calls from Japanese investors in the past few weeks than ever in recent memory. Among the main concern for clients: How can they safeguard returns in a new era of below-zero rates?
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 25, 2016
Japan got paid $464 million to borrow thanks to negative yields
The government has been paid at least ¥52 billion to borrow money since the yield on its debt first fell below zero at auction in October 2014.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 23, 2016
Kuroda hints at shift in thinking on power of monetary policy
Almost three years after taking the helm at the Bank of Japan, Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has hinted that his view on the power of monetary policy has shifted, after an unprecedented stimulus program failed to achieve his inflation target.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 16, 2016
BOJ launches negative interest rate in bid to beat deflation
The Bank of Japan on Tuesday introduced the nation's first-ever negative interest rate in a bid to conquer deflation at a time when the Japanese economy is facing a downturn and conditions for the global economy remain far from certain.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Feb 12, 2016
Abenomics on ropes as reform arrow, BOJ 'bazooka' misfire
As Tokyo stocks tumble further, dragging the Nikkei average to its first close below 15,000 since October 2014, economists ask: Has Abenomics run its course?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 9, 2016
Nikkei falls 918 points, bond yields go negative as investors flee for safest havens
Demand for safety forces the yield on Japanese government debt below zero.
BUSINESS
Feb 8, 2016
BOJ board split by concerns over negative interest rate move
Members of the Bank of Japan Policy Board raised concern at their January meeting about the side effects of adopting a negative interest rate.

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