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Asian stocks Q1 round-up: These two markets shone the brightest By

investing.com Investing.com-- Asian stocks had a marginally positive performance through the first quarter of 2024, benefiting from optimism over a series of record highs on Wall Street…

JGBs Mixed; BOJ's Planned Purchases Offer Support

wsj.com JGBs were mixed across the curve, but are likely supported by the BOJ’s planned purchases Thursday.

Japan's yen hits 34-year-low, heating talk of intervention

cnbc.com The yen hit a 34-year-low on Wednesday, weakening as much as 151.97 against the U.S. dollar and fueling market questions over potential government intervention to prop the…

US Companies In Japan Wary On Market Intervention As Yen Hits 34-Year Low Vs. Dollar

benzinga.com U.S. commodity exporters and pharmaceutical companies are among the top traders, with Japan casting a cautious eye toward the foreign exchange markets, in the coming days.…

Yen Weakens Against the Dollar as FX Expert Warns BoJ Could Intervene Near 155

investing.com Investing.com - The Japanese yen has hit its lowest level against the U.S. dollar for over 30 years, inviting speculation from financial analysts about whether possible…

Investors Suspect Beijing Behind Controlled Yuan Decline

asiafinancial.com Beijing is suspected of being behind a controlled decline in the yuan in a bid to smooth the way for easier monetary policy and to boost Chinese exports and lift its wider…

ForexLive European FX news wrap: USD/JPY cools as Japan intervention warnings grow

forexlive.com Japan's MOF, FSA, and BOJ to hold meeting to discuss financial markets • Japan finance minister Suzuki keeps mum when asked about stealth FX intervention • Japan finance…

5 Things To Know In Investing This Week

benzinga.com This was a big week for people who follow macroeconomic news. The Federal Reserve kept rates and the dot plot unchanged, but the press release was carefully worded to be…

Japanic: BoJ, MFA, FSA Hold Emergency Meeting As Yen Hits 34 Year Low Against Dollar

zerohedge.com Japanic: BoJ, MFA, FSA Hold Emergency Meeting As Yen Hits 34 Year Low Against Dollar Having tumbled to its lowest against the dollar since 1990, Japanese officials started…

Japan Steps Closer to Intervention as Yen Hits Lowest Since 1990

finance.yahoo.com Japan stepped closer to currency intervention with its strongest warning yet after the yen slid to the weakest level in about 34 years against the dollar. • None Trump’s Net…

Futures Rebound Despite $32 Billion In Month-End Pension Selling, Yen Surges Ahead Of Japanese Intervention

zerohedge.com Futures Rebound Despite $32 Billion In Month-End Pension Selling, Yen Surges Ahead Of Japanese Intervention US equity futures rebounded from yesterday's 3:30pm…

US futures, GameStop, falling yen

investing.com Investing.com -- Wall Street remains on track for a positive month and quarter, but troubled retailer GameStop slumped after reporting weak holiday quarter ales. The…

Japanese monetary authorities confer on weak yen, hint at intervention option

theglobeandmail.com Japan’s three main monetary authorities held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the weak yen, and suggested they were ready to intervene in the market to stop what…

Asian stocks tread water, Nikkei rebounds as yen hits 1990 lows

investing.com Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks moved in a flat-to-low range on Wednesday, as middling cues from Wall Street and anticipation of more signals on the Federal Reserve kept…

USDJPY hits 1990 highs as yen weakens; Intervention in focus

investing.com Investing.com-- The Japanese yen weakened on Wednesday amid persistent pressure from a strong dollar and relatively dovish outlook for the Bank of Japan, with the pair…

Long-Term JGBs Edge Lower Amid Worries Over BOJ Rate-Hike Pace

wsj.com Long-term JGBs edged lower in the Tokyo session, weighed by concerns over the BOJ’s rate-hike pace after last week’s policy normalization.

How Will End of Japan’s Negative Rates Impact Currency Markets?

youtube.com On March 19 the Bank of Japan ended its regime of negative rates, concluding the world’s longest (and last) experiment with below-zero monetary policy. While the verdict on…

Japanese Yen Awaits Intervention Amid Weakness

benzinga.com The USD/JPY pair stabilised around 151.35 by Tuesday, not far from its recent peaks, as the weakness of the Japanese yen has prompted verbal interventions from Japanese…

Yen stabilises after finance minister comments, dollar dips

investing.com SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) - The yen found some stability on Tuesday, just shy of its weakest level in 34 years, as verbal intervention by Japanese officials continued,…

Nikkei Flat Despite Tech Rally, Hang Seng Gains on Policy Bets

asiafinancial.com Asia’s major stock indexes struggled for direction on Tuesday with mixed cues on global interest rates, China’s stimulus plans and currency wobbles all contributing to…

Weekly Market Pulse: Rational Exuberance?

alhambrapartners.com Special Note: I’m in Miami this week, a mix of business and personal. I lived here for 30 years and we raised our family here but we moved to South Carolina a little over 3…

Key Events This Week: Core PCE Released When Markets Are Closed

zerohedge.com Key Events This Week: Core PCE Released When Markets Are Closed After last week's central bank fireworks, the most exciting event of the otherwise quiet and…

Japan's Top FX Official Threatens "Appropriate Action" Against 'Short Speculators' As Yen Craters After Rate-Hike

zerohedge.com Japan's Top FX Official Threatens "Appropriate Action" Against 'Short Speculators' As Yen Craters After Rate-Hike A quick glimpse at the the Japanese Yen's price action…

USD/JPY stays poised near multi-year highs, but Tokyo warnings grow louder

forexlive.com The pair is flat on the day now at 151.42 as it continues to hang near multi-year highs since last week. The 2022 and 2023 highs of 151.90-94 is the key resistance region in…

Nikkei Dips Despite Weak Yen, Hang Seng Slips on Policy Doubts

asiafinancial.com Asia’s major stock indexes began the week in the red with investors keeping their powder dry ahead of the release of key US inflation data and amid turbulence in the…

Explainer-Japan hiked interest rates. Why is the yen falling?

finance.yahoo.com A week ago Japan raised interest rates for the first time since 2007 in a move that marked a historic shift in monetary policy. Yet the currency fell. Now Japanese officials…

Stock market today: Asian shares trade mixed after Wall Street closes near record finish

apnews.com Asian shares were trading mixed on Monday, as investors awaited further indications the Federal Reserve might begin cutting interest rates. Japan's Nikkei 225 shed 1.2% to…

Japan Kanda says closely watching FX moves with high sense of urgency

forexlive.com USD/JPY has lost a few bids on the remarks from Kanda. Kanda's comments are more forceful than what we have been hearing last week, mentioning speculation, taking steps ...…

Medium-Term JGBs May Fall if Talk Spreads Within BOJ for Early Rate Hike

wsj.com Medium-term JGBs may fall if talk spreads among BOJ policy board members in favor of an early rate increase after last week’s policy normalization, SMBC Nikko Securities’…

Asian stocks skittish ahead of data packed-week, Japan’s Nikkei falls By

investing.com Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks moved in a flat-to-low range on Monday as sentiment remained on edge before key economic readings this week, with Japan’s Nikkei 225…

Asia shares flat, dollar restrained by Japan caution

investing.com Asian shares dithered on Monday as investors worried U.S. inflation data this week could derail the outlook for lower interest rates, while the risk of currency intervention…

Central bank sensitive shares face week of data

investing.com A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Investors in Asia may favor playing it conservative ahead of a slew of economic indicators in coming days, especially with Japan's…

UK GDP, Adidas, New BOJ Leader, Russia Oil Cut (Podcast)

assets.bwbx.io Hosts Guy Johnson and Alix Steel speak to Bloomberg Senior Reporter Philip Aldrick on UK GDP, Bloomberg's Oliver Crook on Adidas and its Ye merchandise overstock, and…

LAW, IGIW, SAS, GCBE, MBS, ROTST.... A Day For Acronyms

zerohedge.com LAW, IGIW, SAS, GCBE, MBS, ROTST.... A Day For Acronyms By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities A Day for Acronyms IGIW Let’s start with IGIW. I’m not sure it is an official…

QE And Unbounded Fiscal Spending Are Back On The Menu

tftc.io The financial world held its breath once again this week for the bi-monthly ritual of a dozen central planners handing down their latest pronouncements on the global price…

On topic: What lies ahead for Japan after BOJ policy shift?

asia.nikkei.com The Bank of Japan this week broke from its negative interest rate policy, raising borrowing rates for the first time in 17 years now that inflation and wages are on the rise…

The Bank of Japan is having a normal one

marketplace.org An end to negative interest rates. While many of the world’s largest economies have been batting back runaway inflation, Japan’s has struggled with too little. Its economy…

Japan Bids Farewell to Negative Interest Rates

tftc.io In a significant turn of events, Japan has ended its negative interest-rate policy, a move last seen in 2007, signaling a new economic era for the nation. The traditional…

Treasuries Still Winners In Historic Week Filled With Surprises

zerohedge.com Treasuries Still Winners In Historic Week Filled With Surprises Authored by Ven Ram, Bloomberg cross-asset strategist, It’s been nothing short of a historic week for the…

Is China Prepping For Yuan Devaluation: Renminbi Tumbles After PBOC Pushes It Below Key Support Level

zerohedge.com Is China Prepping For Yuan Devaluation: Renminbi Tumbles After PBOC Pushes It Below Key Support Level While everyone continues to watch the slow-motion trainwreck that is…

Major central banks reached a pivotal point this week. Here's what happened

cnbc.com Central banks around the world reached a pivotal point this week, with Switzerland becoming the first major economy to cut interest rates and the Bank of Japan hiking for…

Dollar set for weekly rise after sea-change in global rate outlook

investing.com The dollar headed for a second week of gains on Friday, with even a rate hike in Japan unable to halt its march, and a surprise cut in Switzerland highlighting the gap…

Hang Seng Slips as Stimulus Hopes Fade, Nikkei Hits Record High

asiafinancial.com Asian stocks saw a mixed end to the week with China’s ongoing struggles weighing in some corners, while a weak yen lifted the red-hot Nikkei to a new record high. The yuan…

Japan Bracing for Days When it Costs More to Borrow Money

asiafinancial.com The historic move by Japan’s central bank this week to scrap negative interest rates and raise them, for the first time in 17 years, is set to transform life, and business,…

Letter from Nikkei Asia's editor: Southeast Asia's startup winter

asia.nikkei.com Hello from Tokyo, where the biggest news this week was undoubtedly the Bank of Japan's decision to raise interest rates for the first time in 17 years. While central banks…

Asian stocks fall as China tumbles on regulatory jitters; Nikkei stalls

investing.com Updates with more information on China Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks sank on Friday with Chinese markets leading losses on fears of more regulatory headwinds at home and…

The world’s monetary regime is changing

creditnews.com On March 19, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) closed the books on negative interest rates—a 12-year experiment that was meant to fight deflation by penalizing banks for hoarding…

China gloom sucks life out of Asia's rate cut cheer

investing.com Chinese stocks slumped on Friday and the yuan fell, dragging down markets broadly in Asia and rupturing an equity market rally spurred by a surprise rate cut in Switzerland…

Asia FX sinks as dollar surges to 3-week high after SNB rate cut By

investing.com Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies fell sharply on Friday, coming under pressure from a rebound in the dollar as an unexpected interest rate cut by the Swiss National…

JGB 10-Year Yield's Downside Likely to Be Limited

wsj.com JGB 10-year yield’s downside may be limited, given markets are in a phase of BOJ policy normalization and rate increases, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities said.

Japanese Telecoms Companies Go Crypto: NTT Subsidiary to Launch Crypto Wallet

cryptonews.com Japanese telecoms companies are moving into the web3 space, with a subsidiary of the communications giant NTT set to launch a crypto wallet. Per the Japanese media outlet…

Japan CPI rises as expected in Feb, stays well above BOJ target

investing.com Investing.com-- Japan consumer price index (CPI) inflation rose as expected in February, rising well above the Bank of Japan’s annual target rate and giving more credence to…

Investors push a Japanese ETF to fresh highs, seeking protection from a falling yen

marketwatch.com Investors pile into a currency-hedged Japan ETF on Thursday for protection as the Japanese yen falls on a historic BOJ policy shift.

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