Search Results for: Bank of Japan
Japan exports growth slows sharply, keeps pressure on BOJ to act
April 22nd, 2014
Japan suffered its worst annual trade deficit in March as exports growth slowed to its weakest in a year, suggesting a rapid loss of economic momentum that may prompt policy makers into early action as a national sales tax ...
Christine Lagarde: huge government and bank debts risk new financial crash
April 10th, 2014
IMF head argues for global co-operation on financial stability, warning against risky investments and low eurozone inflation Head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde issued a warning to world leaders on Thursday that they need to do more ...
Japan Sales Tax Hike Boosts Popularity Of Gold As Investors Rush To Beat Implementation Of Tax
April 3rd, 2014
Japanese shoppers have snapped up gold bars ahead of a controversial hike in the country’s sales tax, which takes effect Tuesday, a key part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic “Abenomics” reforms. Tokyo’s Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K., Japan’s largest ...
China real estate firm at risk of bankruptcy
March 19th, 2014
Another one bites the dust: A Chinese real estate developer is on the verge of bankruptcy, and is expected to default on millions in debt — the latest sign the government is willing to let some pawns fall ...
Inflation, asset and consumer prices
June 25th, 2021
“The Fed finds itself between a rock and a hard place: either it keeps inflating or the whole confidence-based valuation of financial assets collapses. Either it raises interest rates or the dollar collapses.” There has been occasional speculation ...
The dollar held gains against a basket of major currencies on Thursday
October 29th, 2020
The dollar held gains against a basket of major currencies on Thursday as escalating coronavirus cases in Europe stoked investor fears that fresh lockdowns would further hit the already fragile economic recovery. The safe-haven greenback steadied against a basket ...
Lessons on inflation from the past
September 25th, 2020
This article examines two inflationary experiences in the past in an attempt to predict the likely outcome of today’s monetary policies. The German hyperinflation of 1923 demonstrated that it took surprisingly little monetary inflation to collapse the purchasing ...
Explaining the credit cycle
July 24th, 2020
This article summarises why the credit cycle leads to alternate booms and slumps. It is only with this in mind that they can be properly understood as current economic conditions evolve. The reader is taken through three monetary ...
What is ‘LBCOIN,’ the new Lithuanian state-backed cryptocurrency?
July 24th, 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the development of digital currencies by central banks in a bid to encourage people to turn to cashless payments. One such project is being led by Lithuania’s Central Bank, which will open a ...
MMT —it’s just neo-Keynesian macroeconomics
June 12th, 2020
The doyenne of MMT, Stephanie Kelton, has published a book this week explaining modern monetary theory. This article examines the foundations of MMT which Kelton explained in an earlier video released last year. Introduction Macroeconomics has become so ...
