Japan Nikkei falls ahead of Fed meeting

The Japan share market declined to a 1-1/2-week low on Tuesday, 18 June 2019, as risk sentiments turned downbeat on caution ahead of the outcome of the Federal Reserve's interest rate meeting later in ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei dips as investors await Fed meeting

TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei edged lower in choppy trade on Tuesday but most investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of a U.S. central bank policy decision later in the week. The Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei plunges on yen’s rise to end below 21,000

Also weighed on by selling stemming from a drop in the Nikkei futures price, both indexes expanded losses toward Tuesday’s closing. The dollar dropped against the yen after the Australian dollar ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and the limits of liquidity

If this theory were correct, it would clearly be relevant to Japan. Japan has effectively been in a liquidity trap, with policy rates very near zero, and now below it, since 1996, as shown in the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s Nikkei index opens marginally lower

Tokyo's key Nikkei stocks index opened slightly lower on Tuesday, as investors took to the sidelines ahead of results from the US Federal Reserve's meeting this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Nikkei edges up with eyes on trade

The Japan share market closed mixed on Monday, 17 June 2019, as risk sentiments were subdued amid simmering trade dispute between the United States and China as well as political tensions in the ... ( read original story ...)