The Bank of Japan surprised markets with a "tweak" to its Yield Curve Control Policy, widening the band around its target yield for 10-year JGBs. The BOJ aims to enhance the sustainability of monetary ...
The Bank of Japan shocked markets Tuesday with a surprise tweak to its bond yield controls that allows long-term interest rates to rise more, a move aimed at easing some of the costs of prolonged ...
TOKYO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is under pressure to change its interest rate policy as soon as Wednesday, after the central bank's attempt to buy itself breathing room backfired, ...
The suppression of the normal business cycle has important implications for the price of gold over the long term. The probability of yield curve control being implemented is quite high, but navigating ...
TOKYO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan's yield curve control (YCC) is under fierce market attack, as investors test the bank's commitment to capping bond yields with inflation above the BOJ's ...
Macbeth, in contemplating a murder, said “If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well it were done quickly.” Gov. Kazuo Ueda evidently disagrees when it comes to getting rid of his central bank’s ...
LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The Bank of England has discussed using yield curve control in its search for new ways of boosting its firepower, but there is little need for it at the moment, Governor ...
Japan’s Halloween tweak to its monetary policy didn’t go as far as some yen bulls had hoped. But a stronger yen could still eventually spook global markets—especially if rising U.S. rates keep forcing ...
Bank of Japan officials see little need to adjust its yield curve control program at a policy meeting next week given improvement in the functioning of the bond market and the smooth shape of the ...
TOKYO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is under pressure to change its interest rate policy as soon as Wednesday, after the central bank's attempt to buy itself breathing room backfired, ...
The Bank of Japan is likely to end its yield-curve control policy between April and June, according to Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. “The inconsistent policy of trying to improve on ...
Like a heavy power drill, the Bank of Japan’s policy of capping bond yields seems to be difficult to use without cracking the wall. Unlike many of the tools tested by central banks since 2008, though, ...