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By OpenMarkets Along with the Federal Reserve meeting this week come meetings from the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England. All of these gatherings will determine global interest rates for some time to come. Jack Bouroudjian discusses how that affects markets and the search for yiel...

The Bank of Japan could deliver more big monetary stimulus if necessary, but needs to take care with its side effects on the financial system, according to Governor Haruhiko Kuroda. More news on: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, iShares MSCI Japan ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Ye...

I do not expect Japan to adopt a 10% inflation target, nor do I think it's a good idea. Nonetheless, it's a useful thought experiment which helps to illuminate some difficult-to-grasp ideas. Let's think about what Japanese interest rates and base money demand would look like with a 10% infla...

There are different ways to measure economic strength, but China and Japan have the second and third largest GDP. The projected Chinese GDP for 2019 is $14.1 trillion while projected Japanese GDP for 2019 is $5.2 trillion with the US in first place with $21.4 trillion. The Chinese economy is...

By Jesper Koll Japan's gross domestic product ((GDP)) report from last week was stronger than expected, up 2.1% quarter over quarter and annualized, against expectations for a small decline. Details confirm the positive surprise was due to a strong boost from public demand, and weak privat...

Speaking at a press conference with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President Trump said he hoped to announce a trade deal with Japan "probably in August." More news on: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF, iShares MSCI Japan ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust ETF, Top stock market...

"Japan has had a substantial [trade] advantage for many, many years, but that's okay, maybe that's why you like us so much," Trump said during a meeting with Japanese business leaders in Tokyo, urging them to increase their investment in the U.S. More news on: WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equ...

Elliott R. Morss, Ph.D. ©All Rights Reserved Introduction In Part 1 of this two-part series, I suggested that the largest countries measured by GDP, population, and geographic area would be the primary drivers of global futures. Here, I look at their military and economic dimensi...

Japan may well already be in a recession, despite looking good on the officially reported GDP numbers. We should therefore steer well clear of any investments in anything dependent upon the domestic Japanese economy. Japan's Macroeconomic Background The basic worry about the Japanese eco...

Overview: Encouraged by the election results, investors bid up Indian and Australian currencies and equities. Japan offered a pleasant surprise by reporting the world's third-largest economy expanded in Q1. Most other equity markets in Asia fell, and European stocks have the week with small ...