Asia Markets: Japan stocks slide while Australia trades up
Japan’s stock market slides Tuesday even as other markets across Asia hold up. Australia gains ahead of central-bank policy decision.
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Asia Markets: Asia stocks gain, smartphone sales help Japan
Asia stocks gain, as several Japanese telecom and technology companies benefit from smartphone exposure, while South Korea and Australia also see some buying ahead of a policy decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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Analysis: No Plan B in Japanese central bank's new playbook
TOKYO - The Bank of Japan's decision to fire one big shot in its fight to end deflation is a clear signal new Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is not one for constant tinkering with settings, and it will take something big for him to load up his policy cannon again.
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Japan’s Nikkei Jumps Above 13,000 on BOJ Stimulus
(BANGKOK) — Japan’s benchmark stock index surged above 13,000 for the first time in more than four years Friday, a day after the country’s central bank announced aggressive action to lift the economy out of an extended slump. The Bank of Japan unveiled plans Thursday to pump huge amounts of money into the financial system in order to spur spending and borrowing in an economy that has suffered from growth-crippling deflation for years. The central bank’s announcement dragged down the yen, giving a boost to shares of Japan’s powerhouse manufacturers. A cheaper currency makes Japanese goods less costly for Americans and other foreigners and raises the value of repatriated profits. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo soared 3.8 percent to 13,109.58, its highest level since August 2008. The dollar rose to 97.06 yen from 96.13 yen late Thursday. The dollar was at about 92.80 before the BOJ’s two-day policy meeting ended with its dramatic announcements Thursday. (MORE: Japan Central Bank Revamps ...
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Japan Central Bank Revamps Policy to Boost Economy
TOKYO — Japan is making a sweeping shift in its monetary policy, aiming to spur inflation and get the world’s third-largest economy out of a long, debilitating slump. Bowing to demands from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for more aggressive monetary easing, the Bank of Japan announced Thursday a policy overhaul intended to double the money supply and achieve a 2 percent inflation target at the “earliest possible time, with a time horizon of about two years.” BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda described the scale of monetary stimulus as “large beyond reason,” but said the inflation target would remain out of reach if the central bank stuck to incremental steps. “We’ll adjust without hesitation if need be, while monitoring economic and price conditions,” he said. The BOJ is joining the U.S. Federal Reserve and other major central banks in soaking the economy in money in hopes of getting corporations and consumers to begin spending more in a virtuous cycle that would put growth back ...
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