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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.

Loose policy outside US will check bond sell-off

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INTERNATIONAL

The pace is partly being checked by continued Bank of Japan (BoJ) and ECB quantitative easing (QE). Benchmark ten-year Treasury yields have gained around 30 basis points (bp…

Japan shies away from fiscal growth strategy

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JAPAN

Secular stagnation in Japan.

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…

Japanese will turn from savers to spenders

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JAPAN

Demographics and the effect on the savings rate.

High US government debt does not itself raise risks

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UNITED STATES

Some economists are suggesting that, over the longer term, this could cause financial markets to stop buying US debt and charge prohibitively high rates, and cause the dollar to…

Bank of Japan may resort to more extreme measures

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JAPAN

Outlook for monetary policy in Japan.

Even gradual quantitative tightening raises GDP risks

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INTERNATIONAL

Quantitative easing and GDP.

Japan will raise defence spending and cut deficits

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JAPAN

The budget is likely to be enacted by the end of the current fiscal year in March 2024. Rapidly increasing military spending reflects drastic changes in Tokyo’s defence policy. On…