Bank of Japan

What Causes Interest Rates to Rise

Michael Pento | Posted 04.03.2012

Michael Pento

However, in contrast to what passes for the economic wisdom of today, an increase in the rate of sovereign bond yields would be a function of deterioration in their credit, currency and inflation risks. But it would never be because of an increase in the prospects for growth.

Japan Worried About Impact Of Controversial U.S. Financial Reform

Reuters | Posted 03.13.2012

* Japan worried rule could raise costs of trading JGBs * Also concerned about more U.S. control over Japan banks * Also ...

Fed, ECB, Other Central Banks Act To Ease Financial System Strain

AP | DAVID McHUGH and PAUL WISEMAN | Posted 01.30.2012

FRANKFURT, Germany — The central banks of the wealthiest countries, trying to prevent a debt crisis in Europe from exploding into a global panic...

Olympus To Take Legal Action Against Executives

Posted 11.16.2011

(Reiji Murai) - Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp is preparing to take legal action, including possible criminal complaints, against any executives f...

Japan Shows How to Defuse Debt Time-Bomb

Ellen Brown | Posted 07.27.2011

Ellen Brown

A game of Russian roulette is being played with the national debt ceiling. Fire the wrong chamber of the gun, and the result could be the second Great Depression.

Japan Could Need Additional Stimulus, Moody's Says

Posted 07.23.2011

TOKYO (Leika Kihara) - Japan's return to recession and a bigger-than-expected slump in first-quarter economic growth are negative for its credit r...

Back In Recession, Japan Keeps Interest Rates Near Zero

AP | Posted 07.20.2011

TOKYO -- Japan's central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at virtually zero Friday to shore up a quake-battered economy. The Bank of Japan's...

Japan's Earthquake Will Hit Economy Harder Than First Feared

Posted 06.12.2011

TOKYO (Rie Ishiguro and Shinji Kitamura) - The economic damage from Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami last month is likely to be worse than fir...

Global Central Banks Face An Essential Revolution

Reuters | Paul Carrel, Mark Felsenthal, Pedro da Costa, David Milliken and Alan Wheatley | Posted 05.25.2011

By Paul Carrel, Mark Felsenthal, Pedro da Costa, David Milliken and Alan Wheatley FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON - On a warm, Lisbon day last May, Jean-Clau...

If Japan Can Address Her Crises, Then the U.S. Can Address Job and Energy Insecurity

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.25.2011

Ann Pettifor

The valuable argument coming from the ashes of this crisis is simple: Japan can afford to rebuild. The economic possibilities of nations depend on human, technological and organizational power.

Dollar Close To Lowest Value Since WWII

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — The dollar dropped to a record low against the yen late Wednesday as Japan's nuclear crisis deepened. Debt woes in Europe, tension in...

Bank Of Japan's Emergency Funding Hits $700 Billion

AP | TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 05.25.2011

TOKYO — Japan's central bank continued to flood money markets with cash on Wednesday, bringing its total emergency funding to nearly $700 billion as...

Japan PM, Naoto Kan: We Could Be The Next Greece

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 05.25.2011

TOKYO — Japan could face a financial mess like the one that has crippled Greece if it does not deal urgently with its swelling national debt, the ne...

Laurence Meyer on the Fed: What Is "Whatever It Takes"?

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011

John Tepper Marlin

I heard Laurence H. Meyer, Vice Chairman of Macroeconomic Advisers, speak yesterday to the New York Association for Business Economics. Here are the highlights of his talk.

The Fed's Zero-Interest Policy -- Tokyo on the Potomac

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011

John Tepper Marlin

The Federal Open Market Committee has reduced the target fed funds rate by three-quarters of a percentage point, officially entering a very-close-to-zero interest rate policy.