Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 31, 2010
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo stocks fell 3.6 percent on Tuesday, their worst daily drop in three months, after the Bank of Japan’s emergency moves the day before failed to curb the yen’s strength and disheartened investors bailed out of the market.
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo stocks fell 3 percent on Tuesday, their worst daily drop in three months, after the Bank of Japan’s emergency moves the day before failed to curb the yen’s strength and disheartened investors bailed out of the market.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 30, 2010
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The yen rose and Japanese shares gave up some of their strong early gains on Monday after the Bank of Japan made only minor tweaks in policy, disappointing markets looking for more aggressive action against deflation.
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TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan buckled under government pressure and eased monetary policy at an emergency meeting on Monday in an effort to curb a rise in the yen that is threatening a fragile economic recovery.
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei average ended up but near its day’s lows on Monday after rising over 3 percent at one point, with investors disappointed by a Bank of Japan decision that contained no surprises and was seen as lackluster at best.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 29, 2010
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is likely to hold an emergency meeting on Monday to ease monetary policy after Governor Masaaki Shirakawa returned to Tokyo from a trip to the United States earlier than expected.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 26, 2010
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese ruling party panel discussed currency intervention and recommended on Thursday that the government ask the Bank of Japan to take monetary policy a step further to counter a rising yen, increasing pressure on the central bank to act before its regular meeting next month.
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government will urge the Bank of Japan to ease monetary policy further as part of a package of steps to stem the yen’s rise and support the fragile economy, the Asahi newspaper said, ratcheting up pressure on the central bank to take action before a policy meeting next month.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 19, 2010
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japanese shares rose on Thursday, outperforming the rest of Asia, and the dollar held steady on a report that the Bank of Japan was considering new monetary easing measures to weaken the yen’s export-sapping rise.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 2, 2010
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is expected to revise up its economic forecast for the year to March 2011 at its next policy meeting on July 14-15, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday.
