Bank of japan
11 May 2012
More than a year on from the devastating Tohoku earthquake which struck Japan, investors are continuing to eye Japanese equity funds with caution.
27 April 2012
Japan’s central bank has further eased monetary policy by expanding its asset purchasing programme from 65trn to 70trn yen and buying riskier assets including ETFs.
26 April 2012
The Bank of Japan has announced further asset-purchases as part of its latest bid to end 20 years of deflationary pressures – but how significant is its recent change in tack?
26 March 2012
Legal & General IM’s Ben Gill expects the Bank of England may be forced to intervene to weaken sterling as it explores other forms of QE.
26 October 2011
The yen climbed to a post-World War II high against the dollar yesterday, after Europe's debt crisis spurred demand for safe havens.
17 May 2011
The yen has plunged against a basket of currencies after the Bank of Japan said the economy is in a perilous state.
18 April 2011
Henderson’s Bill McQuaker says the recent move by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to prevent the yen soaring against the dollar could feed through to equity markets if it is the start of a new trend.
11 April 2011
Following a week when Japan was rocked by two more devastating earthquakes, Stephen Harker, GLG's star Japan fund manager, explains why he is at odds with optimists who expect the economy to bounce back later this year.
07 April 2011
The Japanese economy is "under strong downward pressure" in the wake of the damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) says.
21 March 2011
Intervention by the G7 and Bank of Japan to stabilise the yen following the Japanese earthquake means the easy money had now been made trading the yen, says Insight's Dale Thomas.
16 March 2011
Simon Somerville, manager of the Jupiter Japan Income unit trust and Japan Select Sicav, was in Tokyo when the earthquake struck. Here he describes the immediate aftermath of this devastating natural disaster.
16 March 2011
Rathbones’ David Coombs is adding Japanese stocks to his portfolio in the view its economy will rebound quickly from the aftermath of last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami.
14 March 2011
Nomura predicts the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan will cut between 0.5% and 1% off the country's GDP next quarter.
14 March 2011
Fund managers warn Japan could take a short-term hit to GDP following last week's earthquake and tsunami, but they are less concerned about the longer-term impact on the country’s fragile economic recovery.
14 March 2011
Japan's stock market lost almost 7% after its first full day of trading following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the country on Friday.
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