JAPAN FLOW II: Just What ETFs Does the BOJ Buy? Could We See an April2000-Style Nikkei 225 Rebal?
The BOJ Buys ETFs.It has a program which was running at ¥3 trillion (roughly US$30bn) a year for "regular" equity index ETF purchases, and an...
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JAPAN FLOW I: The BOJ's New ETF Buying
Last Thursday, the BOJ announced the results of its Monetary Policy Committee meeting for July. It was a "late" announcement, coming at 12:45, and...
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BOJ Outcome: Symbolic Stimulus (As We Predicted)
As forecast by Europacifica, BOJ offered symbolic (modest) easing today.- Though it left overnight rates at -0.1%, the BOJ increased its ETF...
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BOJ: The 80 Trillion Yen Question
The Bank of Japan July policy meeting ends tomorrow (Friday 29 July), and markets remain divided as to its outcome. Although expectations of...
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Fed, BOJ Could Rain on the Megabank Middle Market Acquisition Parade
The combined monetary policy outlook suggests that Japanese megabanks’ window of US middle market acquisitions is limited, even despite the current...
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