Lack of Term Premium Continues to Cost Japanese Banks with Limited Financial Flexibility
The Bank of Japan has just released its semiannual assessment on the financial system with an explicit focus on the negative interest rate...
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The Holy Grail of Reflation: "from Savings to Investment"
Recent large government privatisations (Japan Post and JR Kyushu) have brought with it a positive tendency, as we pointed out in The Reflationary...
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The Reflationary Role of IPO's
JR Kyushu: riding the IPO waveOn Tuesday 25 October, Fukuoka-based JR Kyushu is slated to start trading following last week’s IPO, set to raise...
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Structural Reform III: Evidence of Bad Luck over Poor Policy
Room for small hope amid bleak Japanese policy reform recordUntil now, our analysis of Japanese structural reform, centred upon raising Japanese...
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ANIMAL SPIRITS™ REPORT: Korea Equity Strategy - Overweight as Earnings Hit the Sweet Spot
Investment Conclusions - Tactical View (3-6 Months) Animal Spirits has an "overweight" stance on Korean equities. Animal Spirits suggested...
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