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Low returns drive Japanese megabanks further overseas

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JAPAN

The overseas activities of Japan's megabanks.

Tighter global money risks exposing banks’ fault lines

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INTERNATIONAL

Addressing the concerns this raises for banks' profitability, the Financial Services Agency announced that it would stress test Japan's 105 regional banks in mid-2019. Central…

Japan’s banking sector faces pressure to consolidate

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JAPAN

In response, parliament passed a law in May 2020 (effective November) to promote integration and mergers among regional banks by granting exceptions from the anti-monopoly law.

Central banks will be slow to drop targeting prices

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INTERNATIONAL

Inflation targeting.

Bank of Japan may resort to more extreme measures

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JAPAN

Outlook for monetary policy in Japan.

Reforms press Japanese firms to put cash to use

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JAPAN

Pension fund and corporate governance reform in Japan.

Japanese monetary policy puts finance first

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JAPAN

Monetary policy in Japan.

Even gradual quantitative tightening raises GDP risks

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INTERNATIONAL

Quantitative easing and GDP.

Japan may tighten monetary policy

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JAPAN

BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda described it as a 'technical adjustment', but markets were unconvinced: stocks dropped globally, the yen surged and bond yields shot up. Traders…

Euro-area bonds may offer NYTM for decades, or forever

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INTERNATIONAL

NYTM -- Japan and the euro-area.