Japan – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:31:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Japan – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 OECD inflation stable in February https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/oecd-inflation-stable-in-february/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:31:40 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=483354 Core inflation stays hot, while food components continue to ease

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]]> Bank of Japan hikes for first time in 17 years https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/bank-of-japan-hikes-for-first-time-in-17-years/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:11:41 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=482261 The BOJ ends its negative interest rate policy

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]]> Japan’s economy avoids recession, revised data show https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/economy-managed-growth-of-0-4-in-2023s-final-quarter/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:42:04 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=481968 Economy managed growth of 0.4% in 2023's final quarter

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]]> G20 trade weaker in 2023: OECD https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/g20-trade-weaker-in-2023-oecd/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 18:44:34 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=480894 Merchandise trade down for the year, services trade up

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]]> Growth remained weak in Q4: OECD https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/growth-remained-weak-in-q4-oecd/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:48:25 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=480799 While Canada turned positive, fourth quarter GDP slowed in G7

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]]> Japan’s central bank keeps its negative interest rate unchanged, says it’s watching wage trends https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/japans-central-bank-keeps-its-negative-interest-rate-unchanged-says-its-watching-wage-trends/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 20:27:04 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=477593 Central bank is not expected to rush its exit from quantitative easing

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]]> International investment position edges up: StatsCan https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/international-investment-position-edges-up-statscan/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 19:53:14 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=477136 Foreign exchange gains offset by equity, bond market weakness

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]]> G20 trade weakens in Q3: OECD https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/g20-trade-weakens-in-q3-oecd/ Thu, 23 Nov 2023 19:56:05 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=475952 Merchandise trade down, services activity flat from previous quarter

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]]> Japan’s central bank retains key interest rate, fine tunes bond purchases for more flexibility https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/research-and-markets/japans-central-bank-retains-key-interest-rate-fine-tunes-bond-purchases-for-more-flexibility/ Fri, 28 Jul 2023 16:43:51 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=469402 Benchmark interest rate stays at minus 0.1%, taking a nimbler approach to keep financial markets stable

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]]> Scholar nominated to follow Kuroda as Bank of Japan chief https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/people/scholar-nominated-to-follow-kuroda-as-bank-of-japan-chief/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:49:41 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=460392 Kazuo Ueda has the difficult task of steering the world's third-largest economy out of a time of ultra-easy credit

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