Haruhiko Kuroda becomes second-longest serving BOJ governor amid challenges
With Kuroda's term set to end in April 2023, delivering on his promise of hitting a 2% inflation target may be much harder than setting a new record as the longest-serving chief.
BOJ said to be mulling release of analysis on future support for rate cuts
While no decisions have been made, offering a lending incentive and tweaking the reserve system are likely to be among the topics for discussion when the BOJ meets next week.
There is skepticism among market players that the BOJ will not be able to cut rates further into negative territory.
BOJ’s local bank aid makes rates harder to cut, ex-official says
To gain eligibility for the interest payments, regional banks must make decisions on merging or show they have improved their profitability.
BOJ to promote regional bank mergers via special interest program
The central bank's move is widely seen as a measure to help regional lenders merge and survive amid slumping local economies hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
Bank of Japan takes less gloomy view but keeps things ultra-loose
The bank’s upgrade of its economic assessment was the first since the virus hit, reflecting a bottoming of Japan’s slump.
Positive rates needed to meet inflation target, says new BOJ board member
The bank must "respond early" to downside risks that could emerge from the pandemic, said former Hitachi executive Toyoaki Nakamura.
Bank of England toolkit may include bond buying policy made in Japan
U.K. investors are looking east to work out what more the Bank of England may do to help support the country’s coronavirus-addled economy.
Bank of Japan’s aid to lenders hasn't warmed them to negative rates
For the country’s commercial banks, the BOJ’s sub-zero rates strategy aimed at stimulating the economy and prices has eroded their profit margins.
Negative rates unlikely to help in pandemic fight, says ex-BOJ official
There is "near-consensus" among global central banks that negative rates have huge drawbacks, according to Sayuri Shirai
Bank of Japan prodded to act as COVID-19 spreads, but options limited
Many smaller companies in the tourism, retail and other services sectors have encountered bankruptcy risks as the epidemic disrupts supply chains.
Follow the Fed? Why central banks won't be rushed on COVID-19 response
Will the world's big central banks leave U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hanging? They're certainly going to try. No major central bank has yet matched the Fed's emergency rate cut in response to the coronavirus outbreak, and there is mounting evidence that its counterparts ...
