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Japan govt set to appoint academic Ueda as next BOJ governor – Nikkei
Tokyo (Reuters) -Japan's government is likely to appoint Kazuo Ueda, an academic and a former member of the central bank's policy board, as the Bank of Japan's next ...
Analysis-Japan’s Debt Time Bomb to Complicate BOJ Exit Path
Japan's ticking debt time bomb will likely complicate the next central bank governor's task of steering a smooth exit from ultra-loose monetary settings, with rising long-term interest rates already ...
Yen strengthens on reports Ueda picked as Bank of Japan chief
Japan's government plans to nominate economics professor Kazuo Ueda as Bank of Japan governor, reports said Friday, an unexpected pick that sent the yen rallying against the dollar.Reports in Japanese ...
UPDATE 1-Japan’s 10-year bond yield hits BOJ’s policy limit on new governor report
Japan's 10-year government bond yield hit the top end of the Bank of Japan's policy band after a report said the Japanese government was set to appoint an economist as the central bank's next governor ...
Japanese yen climbs on reports that economist will become next BOJ head
The Japanese yen surged by nearly 0.8% against the dollar on Friday, after a report in the Nikkei financial newspaper reported an academic was to be appointed for the top job at the Bank of Japan. In ...
Japan expected to name Kazuo Ueda as next central bank head
Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida has chosen as the next ... had at some point taught many who are now senior bureaucrats at both the BoJ and the finance ministry. Ueda, he added, had been an ...
Crypto exchange Kraken settles with SEC for $30 million, will close U.S. staking operation
Crypto exchange Kraken will shutter its U.S. staking operation and will pay a $30 million settlement. The SEC said Kraken failed to register the offer and sale of the crypto asset staking-as-a-service program. Crypto exchange Kraken will shutter its U.S ...
Bank of Japan’s Kuroda has ‘set the stage’ for his successor, says financial services firm
Jesper Koll of Monex Group discusses the differences between the two front-runners for the position of Bank of Japan's next governor, Masayoshi Amamiya and Hiroshi Nakaso.
Kishida wants the next Bank of Japan governor to be a ‘hawk,’ says strategist
Nicholas Smith of CLSA says Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's "support rate is getting hammered because of … inflation." ...
UPDATE 1-Bank of Japan says it will provide 5-year loan to market
The Bank of Japan said on Friday it will extend five-year loans against collateral to financial institutions, part of its efforts to defend its yield curve control policy. This is the third time since ...
Japan govt. to announce candidate for BOJ chief on Tuesday
Japan's government will present the names of its candidates for next head and deputy heads of the central bank to the Diet on Tuesday.
Bank of Japan chief nominee to be presented to Diet on Tuesday
Japan's major political parties agreed Friday that the government's nominee for the next Bank of Japan governor will be presented to parliament on Tuesday as incumbent Haruhiko Kuroda's five-year term ...
SEC Intensifies Crypto Enforcement With Exchange Settlement
Digital asset platform Kraken agreed to stop offering so-called crypto staking services in the U.S. and pay $30 million in penalties.
Crypto industry fears a staking ban, as some turn to bitcoin: ‘It has always been on the safe side of regulation’
Some crypto industry participants fear that a charge brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against crypto exchange Kraken may lead to a ban on digital asset staking.
Japan govt to present next BOJ governor nominee on Feb 14 -sources
Japan's government is planning to present the new Bank of Japan governor nominee and two deputy governor nominees to parliament on Feb. 14, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on ...