Bank of Japan Cuts Rates to 0.1% While US Gov’t Bails out Auto Sector
Bank of Japan Cuts Rates to 0.1% While US Gov’t Bails out Auto Sector
JPN Bank of Japan Cuts Rates, Gov’t Approves Emergency Stimulus Package
The Bank of Japan cut its key interest rate to 0.1% from 0.3% Friday. It also laid out a plan to boost liquidity in the financial and corporate debt markets by buying […]
Bank of Japan Announces Several Steps to Ease Credit Conditions
Bank of Japan Announces Several Steps to Ease Credit Conditions
Actions announced by the BOJ to alleviate credit strains and counteract a rapidly deepening recession went beyond what the market had been anticipating but are not surprising against the backdrop of other central banks recently getting ahead of the curve of market expectations with big rate […]
Bank of Japan Quantitative Easing Then and Now
Bank of Japan Quantitative Easing Then and Now
The Fed’s interest rate is now effectively zero, and the the operational target has shifted to quantitative criteria that can be monitored by rapid growth in its balance sheet. The Bank of Japan’ s two-day policy meeting will likely end with an announcement tonight of a target rate […]