Topic: Bank Of Japan

Bank of Japan calls emergency policy meeting Monday as yen keeps risingThe Bank of Japan is holding an emergency meeting Monday as political pressure mounts for the central bank to ease monetary policy in the face of a surging yen. In a ...
Japanese shares rose 1.32 percent Thursday on hopes that the Bank of Japan will take further easing measures to cap the strong yen, while the government considers a fresh stimulus, analysts said. The benchmark Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained ...

Japanese economic slowdown boosts yen

News of a Japanese economic slowdown boosted the safe-haven yen on Monday amid deep concern over the global economic recovery, while the euro nudged higher against the dollar. In late morning deals here, the dollar sank to 85.74 yen, from 86.28 yen ...
Japanese government leaders voiced concerns about the strength of the yen on Thursday in a "verbal intervention" aimed at taming the recent rise of the unit, which could threaten a fragile recovery. The dollar, which hit a 15-year low of 84.73 yen ...

Japan bank lending in biggest annual fall in 5 years

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese bank lending marked its biggest annual fall in nearly five years in May, falling 2 percent as companies remained wary of boosting capital spending even as the economy recovers and the central bank keeps monetary policy loose. The ...

Bank of Japan injects cash for second trading day

The Bank of Japan on Monday offered two trillion yen (21.6 billion dollars) in liquidity to financial institutions for a second trading day in a row to calm markets rattled by Greece's debt woes. The central bank offered to provide the cash ...

Bank of Japan injects cash, PM vows extra steps

Japan's central bank on Friday said it would inject more than 20 billion dollars in liquidity to calm markets in response to global turmoil triggered by the Greek debt crisis. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama also vowed to take necessary steps as Tokyo ...

Contagion fears jolt Asian markets

Eurozone debt fears engulfed Asian markets Friday, after US shares saw a spectacular intraday fall on deepening concerns that Greece's debt crisis would spread through Europe. In an effort to bolster markets in Tokyo, the Bank of Japan offered to provide over ...

Panic-stricken markets tumble on Greece fears

A wave of panic selling engulfed Asian markets Friday, after US shares saw a record intraday fall on deepening fears that Greece's debt crisis would spread through Europe. As markets convulsed and the euro slid further, finance ministers of the Group of ...

Japan shares plunge, Australia stocks down

Japanese share prices dropped over four percent early Friday, with the benchmark Nikkei-225 index losing 437.2 points, or 4.09 percent, to 10,258.49 following a sharp fall on Wall Street. Panic selling swept US markets on Thursday with the Dow Jones suffering its ...
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