IMF says BOJ could enhance yield flexibility before price goal met
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan could consider steps to allow bond yields to move more flexibly even before inflation durably hits its 2% target, the…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan could consider steps to allow bond yields to move more flexibly even before inflation durably hits its 2% target, the…
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan on Wednesday maintained ultra-low interest rates, including its 0.5% cap for the 10-year bond yield, defying market expectations it would phase out its…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Fourth-quarter GDP growth tops a list of key Chinese indicators, while interest rate…
CORPUS CHRISTI – The final member of a of a Corpus Christi drug trafficking organization has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent…
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan said on Tuesday it will widen the band at which it will allow the 10-year government yield to move around its 0% yield…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s economy is not yet in a phase where the central bank can end yield curve control (YCC), its board member Hajime Takata was quoted as saying by…
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo South Station working collaborative efforts with DPS yielded 52 individuals in Laredo, Texas. On Nov. 28, Border Patrol agents…
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – As the Bank of Canada considers ditching oversized interest rate hikes, it is dealing with an economy likely more overheated than previously thought but…
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) – Growing risks of a global economic slowdown will likely prevent the Bank of Japan (BOJ) from phasing out its stimulus programme,…
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) must redefine its inflation target and phase out a radical yield-cap policy to mitigate mounting costs…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan may tweak its yield curve control policy next year, such as by widening the band around its long-term interest rate…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Wednesday making the bank’s yield curve control policy more flexible could be an option in the future, but not…
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -If the U.S. Federal Reserve tends to tighten hard until something breaks, as some investors still believe despite the central bank’s denials, then it may…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. With the British government in the process of ripping up its bond-busting budget of tax cuts,…
MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian government is aiming to raise at least 280 billion Indian rupees ($3.40 billion) through the sale of bonds on Friday. The Reserve Bank of India…
(Reuters) – Euro zone yields hit fresh multi-year highs on Wednesday, and Germany’s real yield rose above zero for the first time since 2015, on expectations of monetary tightening and…
TUCSON, Ariz. – On Sunday, August 14, 2022, U.S. Border Patrol agents responding to a suspected human smuggling event near Douglas, Arizona, rendered lifesaving aid to a man who appeared…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – Hedge funds slashed their long dollar positions and bet harder on a flatter yield curve, two macro trades that have come up trumps. The…
By Leika Kihara and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO – Japan must prepare for the time the central bank abandons its 0% cap on long-term interest rates and when private investors become…
By Tomo Uetake TOKYO – Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co is ready to buy U.S. Treasuries at a yield of 3% without currency hedging, if the dollar falls below 135…
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) may need to adjust its ultra-easy policy if inflation keeps exceeding its forecast, such as by replacing…
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO – The Bank of Japan’s resolve to keep borrowing costs ultra-low is causing a “negative spiral” of yen weakness that highlights the need…
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY – Australia’s central bank said on Tuesday its pandemic stimulus programme to keep short-term bond yields low was successful for much of its life but the…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this week issued a ‘mea culpa’ on getting it wrong on inflation. If the economy tips into recession in…
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy (Reuters) – Global high yield bond issuance has fallen this year to the lowest since the global financial crisis, with companies hesitant to borrow at lofty rates…