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Following moves from the ECB and RBA , the Bank of Japan sought to stem a bond market rout by pledging to spend billions of dollars and implement yield curve control. More news on: iShares MSCI Japan ETF, WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust ETF,...

Echoing the Fed's move overnight, the BOJ said it would increase its annual purchasing pace of ETFs from the previous level of ¥6T ($56B) per year to ¥12T. More news on: iShares MSCI Japan ETF, WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust ETF, G...

Japan PM Shinzo Abe said at a news conference on Saturday said that coronavirus in Japan is not at a stage to declare an emergency. More news on: iShares MSCI Japan ETF, WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, Deutsche X-trackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity ETF, Global news and forex, Top stock...

The coronavirus spreading across Asia and the world is very likely to hammer Japan and the yen. Some people consider the Japanese yen a "safe-haven" currency where they can safely store their wealth in times of financial turmoil. This flies in the face of reason because Japan is destined to ev...

The world's third largest economy contracted at an annualized rate of 6.3% in the last three months of 2019, as a sales tax hike took a bite out of consumer and business spending. More news on: iShares MSCI Japan ETF, WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen ...

Last week, international markets rebounded after the previous week's coronavirus selloff. Asia and emerging markets were the big winners. Going forward, expect these markets to continue cautiously firming due to the following fundamental developments: supportive central banks, firming manufact...

The Ministry of Finance Japan has released a draft budget for 2020, and that report on the fiscal situation can be found here . It was a stellar report, and I'll summarize my findings in this article and what it means for investors. First, let's focus on the trade and current account defici...

By Jesper Koll PM Abe's economic policy leadership credentials got a huge boost last week, with his cabinet approving a massive extra fiscal spending package. This confirms Japan is a standout amongst G7 countries - the only government capable and willing to enact rational, pragmatic and d...

Japan faces a wall of debt that can only be addressed by printing more money and debasing its currency. This means it will be paying off its debt with worthless yen where possible and in many cases defaulting on the promises it has made. Japan currently has a debt/GDP ratio of about 250%, whic...

If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is subhuman. The second thing you have to do is convince your allies so you'll have some help, and the third and probably unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he or she is sub...