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Japan's exports fell for a third straight month in February, suggesting the BOJ might be forced to offer more stimulus to temper the effects of slowing external demand and trade frictions. More news on: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, iShares MSCI Japan ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Japa...

Asia-Pacific: The Week Ahead (Mar 18-22) Investors surveilling Japan’s economic landscape are set to receive updates on the country’s inflation rate and manufacturing sector, amid fears of further slowing and deterioration. Japan has been grappling with stubbornly low level...

This article was first released to subscribers 2 weeks ago. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate...

There are three kinds of people: the haves, the have-nots, and the have-not-paid-for-what-they-haves." Earl Wilson The impact of QE When central banks buy Treasury debt, central bank reserves grow and, when that happens, base money supply increases. Money supply is an important driver ...

A Slowing U.S. Economy and Rising U.S. Inflation Create a Fed Dilemma The U.S. Federal Reserve since 1977 has been required to follow a dual mandate in which it must simultaneously "promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates....

Chinese industrial companies profits fell 1.9% to $100.94B, a second straight month in December signalling the cooling of the world’s second-largest economy. More news on: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, iShares MSCI Japan ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust ETF, Glob...

Japan's factory output is expected to fall 0.4% M/M in December after a 1.0% decline in November, the poll of 16 economists showed as exports are at a standstill because external economies are slowing down, so there is a chance that the factory output will stagnate." More news on: WisdomTr...

Another blow to the nation's booming tourism industry... More news on: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, iShares MSCI Japan ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust ETF, News on ETFs, Global news and forex, Read more ...

Concerns about economic damage from a powerful typhoon weighed on Japanese shares overnight, resulting in the Nikkei's fourth consecutive day of losses. More news on: Toshiba Corp. ADR, WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, iShares MSCI Japan ETF, Tech stocks news, News on ETFs, Global new...

The Bank of Japan is unlikely to raise interest rates for "quite some time," according to Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, and recent steps to make policy more flexible are not a preparation for policy normalization. More news on: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, iShares MSCI Japan ETF, Inve...