Key Takeaways: With new issuance, the second supplemental budget stimulus package will be well over the 10 trillion yen mark, but rumors of 20 trillion are a bit of an

Key Takeaways: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s LDP Party is entering the weekend with momentum for a strong victory, possibly even for a slim outright majority, in this Sunday’s Japanese Upper

Governor Haruhiko Kuroda and the Bank of Japan Policy Board will meet this week, on June 15 and 16, to assess the country’s economic condition and monetary policy stance.  

Key Takeaways: We believe the Bank of Japan will provide additional monetary policy stimulus at either its upcoming Monetary Policy Meeting on June 15-16 or at its subsequent meeting on

With Japan’s inflation readings and expectations drifting lower again, consumption rates still at lackluster levels, and concerns lingering over global risks, all eyes are turning again to the Bank of

The Bank of Japan raised eyebrows today when it lowered its offer for 10-25 year Japanese Government Bonds from 260 billion to 240 billion yen and for JGBs with maturities

Dollar Yen bounced sharply this morning off the 111.00 area following a sustained ten day vicious collapse from the 121.00 level on fear and safe haven trades after the Bank

The Bank of Japan stunned financial markets last night in announcing it will cut its Interest on Excess Reserve (IOER) deposit rate from 0.1% into negative territory. That announcement sent

The Bank of Japan will conclude its two-day Monetary Policy Meeting tomorrow at which the staff will also present its quarterly Economic Outlook report. The report is widely expected to

Japan will release its Q3 2015 GDP figures this coming Monday, November 16. According to the ESP Forecast Survey, an annualized 0.55% real GDP growth was initially expected compared to

Despite continued soft data, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has repeatedly stuck to the mantra that Japan’s economy is on track – broadly speaking – to hit his stated

The Statistics Bureau of Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications today announced adjustments to the data used in the basket to calculate the government Consumer Price Index. The proposed

At last week’s Bank of Japan rate setting meeting the Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep its bond buying and monetary expansion targets unchanged, as almost universally expected. Board Member

The early successes of Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s bold monetary policy in lifting Japan out of deflation and towards his stated target of 2% inflation have clearly stalled.

After the sweeping victory of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the general elections of December 14 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was officially re-elected to office on the 24th of

Japan: Through Sales Tax and Elections Uncertainty Japanese equity markets and USD/Yen soared this week as investors came to realize that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to their overwhelming surprise, was

As recently as yesterday there was overwhelming consensus in the media, markets, and analyst community that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would press ahead and announce as planned the second installment

Markets soared overnight as Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda stunned investors and analysts at the conclusion of the BOJ’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting with the surprise announcement of another

Since the release of the “Japan Revitalization Strategy” in late June, the mood in Tokyo’s Kasumigaseki district has been relaxed, with ministry bureaucrats settling in for a bit of summer

The advent of spring in Tokyo traditionally brings with it a season of holidays and celebration to go along with the blooming of the famous cherry blossom trees, but this