EWJV News and Press, iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF From 10/20/23

2023-10-20 23:45:00 ET Summary Now that Fed Chair Powell signaled that the FOMC will keep rates on hold at the next policy meeting, Wall Street will look to see how high growth will peak before the economy cools in Q4. The ECB is expected to leave interest rates unchanged next wee...

2023-10-18 12:30:00 ET Summary The global outlook is being troubled by rising rates, oil prices and the U.S. dollar, resulting in investor risk aversion. Spiking bond yields are challenging the equity market’s soft landing assumption. With limited prospect of an upgrade to ...

2023-10-18 01:00:00 ET Summary The IMF's latest assessment of the global economy corresponds closely with the picture portrayed in advance by the PMI surveys. Inflation is meanwhile headed lower, although some uncertainty persists regarding the final leg toward central bank target...

2023-10-14 03:00:00 ET Summary The region is likely to see faster disinflation, but prospects for growth in coming years are dimming. Strong consumer spending has supported growth in Asia’s three largest economies this year, but there are already signs that the regionȁ...

2023-10-13 20:45:00 ET Summary This week, Wall Street will learn how quickly the US consumer is weakening and if the manufacturing part of the economy is close to entering recovery mode. Christine Lagarde is once again the highlight with appearances over the weekend likely to attr...

2023-10-13 00:30:00 ET Summary An inverted yield curve, with short-term debt yielding more than long-term bonds, benefits net interest income for households. Sticky wage inflation is likely to support core inflation longer unless there is some weakness in the labor market. The...

2023-10-10 02:02:00 ET Summary Despite some of the most accommodative central bank policies in the world, Japan has experienced doggedly low levels of inflation and even disinflation. One of the big thorns in the side of global asset allocators was that Japanese markets perpetuall...

2023-10-09 23:06:00 ET Summary Worldwide Purchasing Managers' Index averaged 47.9 in the third quarter, down from 48.8 in the second quarter, thereby indicating that trade conditions deteriorated at the fastest quarterly rate so far this year. Manufacturing new export orders fell ...

2023-10-09 19:50:00 ET Summary The IMF, the World Bank, and the United Nations all rank China and Japan as the second and third largest economies on the planet. More of what is occurring in the markets should reflect what is happening in China and Japan which are strongly linked e...

2023-10-07 04:42:00 ET Summary The Global PMI data showed the rate of inflation of average prices charged for goods and services ticking higher, and continuing to rise at an elevated rate by historical standards. The service sector inflation was again evident, linked to waning dem...