Japan’s government again promises more stimulus on paper than it will deliver
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It’s central banks to the front today–but you really need an inside-bank scorecard to understand why markets have reacted as they have to the news/rumors out of the Bank of Japan and the People’s Bank of China this morning.
Happy talk from central banks rallies shares
In anticipation of a weaker yen and central bank intervention, bad news on the Japanese economy produced a huge rally in Tokyo with the Nikkei 225 index soaring 7.16% on Monday.
Taking profits in Toyota as global fears drive safe-haven yen higher
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Faced with evidence that the country will miss its target of 2% inflation this year, today (April 30) Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda said no further easing of monetary policy was needed.
Japan looks like it has lost its stimulus nerve–again
Growth is falling; inflation forecasts are down, but the Bank of Japan seems likely to do nothing to increase asset purchases or stimulus
Abe gets his mandate in Japan–but what’s it for?
Yesterday Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party cruised to victory taking 290 of 475 seat in the lower house of Parliament. But most Japanese don’t think the election was about much. Turnout dropped to a record low of 52.3%
Bad economic news from Japan, EuroZone, and China today; U.S. remains only game in town
Yesterday’s release of the minutes from its October 29 meeting showed a Fed that was resolutely not talking about worries over slowing growth in overseas economies or volatility in overseas financial markets. Which is a good thing considering the bad news this morning on the economies of China, Japan, and the EuroZone
Japan falls into recession–again. Look for a falling yen, lower oil prices, and an even more cautious Federal Reserve
The Japanese government announced today that the Japanese economy contracted at an annualized 1.6% rate in the quarter that ended on September 30. Put that together with the much bigger June quarter drop of 7.3% (revised upwards today from 7.1%) and Japan is officially in recession. Again.