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We've changed our fiscal outlook for Japan in our December forecast round. We now expect the new government to set...
Research Briefing
We've changed our fiscal outlook for Japan in our December forecast round. We now expect the new government to set...
Research Briefing
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) kept its policy rate at 0.5% at its October meeting, after a 7-2 majority vote....
Research Briefing
The Bank of Japan kept its policy rate at 0.25% at Thursday's meeting, as we expected. We believe that the...
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A secular labour shortage will continue to raise wages and inflation in a sustainable and irreversible manner in Japan.
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The Bank of Japan maintained its policy rate at 0.25% during Friday's meeting. Although we still expect an additional rate...
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We now expect the Bank of Japan will implement an additional rate hike this year, possibly in October, given the...
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Abrupt yen appreciations have been associated with, or preludes to, global financial instability. So far, the recent yen surge has...
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At Wednesday's policy meeting, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised the policy rate to 0.25% without clear evidence of wage-driven...
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At the July policy meeting, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) will reveal its plan for reducing JGB purchases over the...
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Related Posts Takaichi’s big win doesn’t affect the fiscal outlook for Japan The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) landslide election...
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We now project that the Bank of Japan will start to raise its policy rate next spring assuming another robust...
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Reflecting a surprisingly strong Spring Negotiation result and weaker yen assumption, we have upgraded our baseline wage and inflation forecasts....
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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) decided to end its negative interest rates policy and set the target band for the overnight market rate at...
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The divergence in yield curves across markets has been notable, with most experiencing significant upward shifts in the last two...
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We think that a dissaving-driven consumption boom is unlikely to happen in Japan. Excess savings accumulated during the pandemic, in our view, is smaller...
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We doubt the surprise move from the Bank of Japan to expand the tolerance range for 10-year JGB yields to...
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While few observers expect to see any growth surprise in Japan, some have started to wonder whether global inflation may...