JPY Forecast Q2 2022: Will Inflation Surpass the Bank of Japan’s Target?

The anti-risk Japanese Yen put in a dismal performance during the first quarter of 2022, particularly as March wrapped up. A majors-based Japanese Yen Index that averages JPY against USD,…

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BOJ says its buying more JGBs because upward pressure on yields threatened the upper limit

The Bank of Japan says it announced steps to increase its bond-buying, saying the yield curve was under strong upward pressure, which could push the 10-yr JGB yield above the upper…

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BOJ Gov Kuroda: Global commodity prices more than weak yen pushing up Japan consumer CPI

 more to come   Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda: @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 115%; background: transparent } global commodity price rise is…

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Preview of the BOJ monetary policy meeting – likely to be a non-event for the yen

As always, there is no set scheduled time for the BOJ release. Expect it somewhere in the 0230 to 0330 GMT time window.  Earlier previews are here: The BOJ is…

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The Bank of Japan is (Omicron) wary over the results of its Tankan

The link to the main points from the survey result is here: BOJ Tankan report for Q4: Large manufacturing index +18 (expected 19, prior 18) An official from the Bank of…

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BpJ Minutes showed members said pent-up demand has yet to materialise in Japan

The Bank of Japan Minutes came out in recent trade and they showed that a few members said chip shortage, supply chain disruptions are weighing on glo

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CADJPY – Central Bank meetings still can’t set a new direction

CADJPY, H4 This is another pair that enters the base adjustment mode before entering the new month. After moving up continuously since late September the Canadian Dollar was driven by…

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Events to Look Out for Next Week

The FOMC,  BoE and RBA policy meetings and press conferences are the central bank highlights this week in the wake of  rising inflation and concerns over supply chain disruptions and slowing…

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Markets drift ahead of US data and the ECB meeting

Overnight Headlines *US stocks sold off late on, backing away from record highs *USD slid modestly lower closing below 94 *The BoJ left policies unchanged, cutting growth and inflation forecasts…

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Events to Look Out for Next Week

The BoC, BoJ and ECB policy meetings and press conferences are the central bank highlights this week even though they are unlikely to offer up any changes of their policies,…

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