Japan's central bank on Friday announced another round of monetary easing in its latest effort to resuscitate the economy after figures revealed a still-weakening fiscal pulse. (read more here…)
The Bank of Japan has announced to expand its Asset Purchase Programme by JPY 5 trillion. JGB purchases will be increased by about JPY 10 trillion. Today's decision was largely politically … (read more…)
REUTERS – Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to remain steady through Friday morning but could drop later in the day with risk appetite tempered after S&P cut Spain's rating, and if the Bank of Japan … (get the story…)
Japan’s industrial production rose less than forecast in March, underscoring forecasts for economic growth to slow later this year and adding to the case for the central bank to step up monetary stimulus. (read more here…)
The Bank of Japan will this week forecast that prices are set to rise less than one percent next fiscal year, a report said, boosting the chances of fresh easing measures to stimulate the economy. (read more here…)
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan on Thursday raised its assessment for two of Japan's nine regional economies and left its view unchanged for the remainder in a quarterly report, suggesting that the economy was slowly emerging from stagnation. In the previous quarterly report in January, the BOJ cut its assessment on seven...
