Japan's quarterly Tankan survey showed improved, but lower than expected, sentiment in large corporations while small firms continued to struggle in June. The brightest spots were the decline in 'inve...

Bank of Japan as expected left its leading O/N target rate unchanged at 0.1% in a unanimous decision. No new non-conventional easing measures were announced and the target for the purchase of treasury...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) today starts its two-day monetary meeting. The bank is expected to announce its decision at around 06:00 CET tomorrow morning. We expect BoJ to leave its leading O/N target rat...

In line with expectations, at today's monetary meeting the BoJ decided to leave its leading O/N target rate unchanged at 0.1% in a unanimous decision. In addition, the bank decided to expand the range...

The Bank of Japan decided by a unanimous vote to maintain the Overnight Call Rate at 0.10%. 'Having the lowest rate amid industrialized countries, economists argued that the low interest rate will not...

In an unusual short statement, the Bank of Japan decided by a unanimous vote to maintain the Overnight Call Rate at 0.10%. 'Having the lowest rate amid industrialized countries, economists argued that...

The Bank of Japan policy meeting came and went, but nothing substantial really happened. The bank decided to maintain the overnight call rate at 0.10% - the lowest among the industrialized world – whi...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) as expected left its leading interest rate unchanged at 0.1% at today's monetary meeting in a unanimous decision. The range of eligible collateral for lending at BoJ was expanded s...

The Bank of Japan decided by a unanimous vote to maintain the Overnight Call Rate at 0.10% and in the same time to expand the range of eligible collateral for its credit lines...

After the 2-day FOMC meeting, the Fed announced a massive quantitative easing plan which includes purchase of up to $300B of long term Treasury securities over the next 6 months as well as expansion o...

The BoJ is cautiously stepping up its quantitative easing and at this stage it will probably prove to be an important contribution to preventing an unwelcome appreciation of JPY. While we believe the ...

The Bank of Japan decided by a unanimous vote to maintain the Overnight Call Rate at 0.10%. Having the lowest rate amid industrialized countries, economists argued that the low interest rate will not ...

Japans money market had 'been nervous' while yields on treasury bills declined. The Bank of Japan members agree to monitor the recent rate cuts to see what effects come about. The members feel it is...

As widely expected, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) left its leading O/N target rate unchanged at 0.1% in a unanimous decision. In addition, it announced it will start purchasing corporate bonds and extended ...

The Bank of Japan decided by a unanimous vote to maintain the Overnight Call Rate at 0.10%. Having the lowest rate amid industrialized countries, economists argued that the low interest rate will not ...

Despite the recent dismal economic indicators, we expect BoJ to leave its leading O/N target rate unchanged at 0.1%. Most BoJ board members believe that cutting the O/N interest all the way to zero wi...

Some members are calling the current economic conditions an 'emergency'. Concern for financial situations to deteriorate sharply and the need for drastic measure may be needed. An adverse feedback loo...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) today, as expected, left its leading O/N target rate unchanged at 0.1% in a unanimous board decision. In addition, BoJ revised its GDP forecasts sharply lower for both FY 2008 and ...

The Bank of Japan decided by a unanimous vote to maintain the Overnight Call Rate at 0.10%. Having the lowest rate amid industrialized countries, economists argued that the low interest rate will not ...

As expected the Bank of Japan (BoJ) this morning cut its leading O/N target rate by 20 basis points to 0.1% in a seven-to-one vote - with one of the board hawks, Tadeo Noda, dissenting on the interest...

The Bank of Japan rate cut by 20 bps to 0.10% was within market expectations. Following the Fed rate cut to 0-0.25% earlier in the week, the BoJ was under a lot of pressure to indicate that they also ...

We now expect the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to cut its leading O/N target rate by 20bp to 0.1% on Friday when the BoJ announces its interest rate decision following this week's monetary policy meeting. Whil...

In an emergency meeting held by the Bank of Japan tonight, the policy board decided unanimously to keep the Overnight Call Rate at 0.30%. This comes after the BoJ had cut the interest rate from 0.50% ...

The Bank of Japan will hold an emergency meeting this week to discuss plans on creating a lending facility for domestic firms struggling to get financing in current market conditions. The plan would a...

We expect December to be another active month for the foreign exchange market as central banks around the world take their interest rates to historically significant levels. There are 4 central banks ...

Minutes from the October's Bank of Japan meeting revealed policymakers were deeply divided on the appropriate monetary response as the world's second largest economy sinks to recession. The bank settl...

The monetary policy meeting minutes from Japan revealed that member Atsushi Mizuno voted against the 20 basis point rate cut at the October 31st meeting, stating that a cut would not have any effect o...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) as expected left its leading O/N target rate unchanged at 0.3% in a unanimous decision by its board members. In its statement the BoJ said that the economy has been increasingl...

In a unanimous vote today, the Bank of Japan held its benchmark interest rate at 0.30%. The previous meeting saw the bank cut rates by 20bp, the first of such moves in seven years. It was also reveale...

The Bank of Japan decided unanimously to keep the Overnight Call Rate at 0.30%. This comes after the BoJ had cut rates at the last meeting from 0.50% to 0.30%, while the market expected a full 25 basi...

All of the members of the Bank of Japan have agreed that the economic uncertainty is intensifying and that providing liquidity will not solve all the problems. Although the bank does feel that they sh...

Japanese officials in the past fortnight had gone to great lengths to promote a softer yen and firmer share prices. Nice progress was being made toward each goal until the Bank of Japan bungled the pu...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) this morning cut its leading O/N target interest rate by 20 bps to 0.3% in a split 4-4 decision. Three dissenting board members voted for cutting the O/N target rate by 25 bps ...

The Bank of Japan decided to cut the Overnight Call Rate, down to 0.30%. This comes, after the bank had kept the interest rate at 0.50% for almost two years, the lowest rate amid industrialized countr...

Dollar-Japanese Yen (USDJPY) drops after a split vote by the BOJ to cut rates, with the 25 bp easing decided by BOJ Gov Shirakawa. The news further underpins the market view that political pressure, t...

For a change, the outcome of tomorrow's monetary meeting at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) will not be trivial. We now believe BoJ will cut interest rates by 25 bp tomorrow. This is despite comments from Dep...

The Bank of Japan has called for an unscheduled meeting today, in order to discuss and analyze the latest developments concerning the financial markets. Most analysts and market commentators expect th...

The Bank of Japan has stated that it is still concerned over the instability seen in the U.S. banking and finance sector, as well as how it will affect the global economy. The members stated that the ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) as expected left its leading O/N target rate unchanged at 0.5% in a unanimous decision. The statement on monetary policy was broadly unchanged compared to its September stateme...

BoJ policy board left its target overnight call rate steady at 0.50% at its meeting Tuesday. The decision, by unanimous vote, had been widely expected. The BoJ maintained its assessment of the economy...

The Bank of Japan has kept the Overnight Call Rate unchanged at 0.50%. It is the 23rd straight month the bank has kept rates on hold. In the bank’s words, the economy has now become 'sluggish' in the ...

The central banks of Australia and Japan have pumped more than $11 billion into their financial systems to ease their money market rates, which were close to near record highs as banks hoard their cas...

The Bank of Japan has stated that it is still concerned over the instability seen in the U.S. banking and finance sector, as well as how it will affect the global economy. The U.S. slowdown is drastic...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) this morning as expected left its leading interest rate unchanged at 0.5% in a unanimous decision. The statement was only slightly softer than the August statement. According t...

The Bank of Japan has kept the Overnight Call Rate unchanged at 0.50%. It is the 22nd straight month the bank has kept rates on hold. In the bank’s words, the economy has now become “sluggish” in the ...

US interest rates and rate expectations fell sharply from mid-2007 through early 2008, but the term structure on the US dollar yield curve clearly shows markets expect much more through the coming two...

The Bank of Japan has stated that it sees U.S. economic slowdown and market instability as an increased risk to the Japanese economy. The minutes also said that attention needs to be paid to the degre...

Looking more closely at the details, there were only minor changes in the BoJ "View of the Economy", now released as part of the policy statement. The August statement "economic growth has been sluggi...

The Bank of Japan kept the interest rate inline with the market expectations, at 0.50%. The finance minister and the several bank officials had suggested a few times that the economy will have some to...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ), as widely expected, left its leading O/N target interest rate unchanged at 0.5% in a unanimous decision at today's monetary policy meeting. More interestingly, the BoJ revised...