DFJ News and Press, WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Fund From 08/02/23

2023-08-02 06:45:00 ET Summary Late yesterday, on the eve of the quarterly refunding announcement, Fitch cut the US rating to AA+ from AAA, citing project fiscal deterioration over the next few years and "the erosion of governance". The dollar has retraced yesterday's gains agains...

2023-08-02 06:30:00 ET Summary The BoJ is playing a tactical game here, injecting an element of uncertainty into the markets. In the context of the US Treasury market, the impact is equally as complex. The BoJ’s policy twists and turns could have noteworthy implications...

2023-08-01 05:05:00 ET Summary The BoJ announced a change in its yield curve control (YCC) policy, which has been in effect for seven years. The bank’s policy has kept the 10y JGB rate at zero and its base rate at -0.1% at a time when other central banks have been raising i...

2023-08-01 04:30:00 ET Summary The BOJ now has to try to slowly normalize monetary policy. The yen was the original carry trade currency. China is a bigger export market for Japan than the U.S. Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) and quantitative easing (QE) - the two m...

2023-08-01 02:25:00 ET Summary Central banks: The economies of the US, eurozone and Japan are all in different places, which means central banks must tailor their policies accordingly. Earnings season: The overall statistics have been relatively good so far, but it’s been o...

2023-07-31 11:19:00 ET Summary Falling inflation, recovering growth, relaxed central bankers—how one of the most widely forecast recessions in history failed to happen. Germany is in mild recession, but the rest of Europe’s large economies are ticking over. The U.S. ...

2023-07-31 10:30:00 ET Summary Major central banks tightened policy last week, including unexpectedly in Japan. We see the potential for rising Japanese bond yields to pull global yields higher. The Bank of Japan tweaked its yield cap, sending local yields to a nine-year high. Dev...

2023-07-29 10:03:00 ET Summary APAC merchandise exports have declined significantly in the first half of 2023, due to weak demand in the US and Western Europe and sluggish economic recovery in mainland China. The latest evidence from S&P Global Purchasing Managers surveys for ...

2023-07-28 10:45:00 ET Summary Today we have seen two major surprises from Japan. First, the Bank of Japan has made a tweak to its yield curve control policy. Second, Tokyo inflation unexpectedly rose to 3.2% in July. By Min Joo Kang | Chris Turner ...

2023-07-28 06:23:15 ET It's already been a big week for the world's biggest central banks, but the Bank of Japan had to get in on the action after a further round of rate hikes in the U.S. and Europe . The BOJ has remained an outlier on the world stage in the face of historic inflat...