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The policy of monetary tightening, which had been pursued since late 1989, finally started to affect real GNP growth in the third quarter of 1991: annualised growth fell to a [...]

The Bank of Japan has found a new means for pumping up the yen: buying stocks from the nation's banks. Japan's monetary policy is predicted to become more expansionary as its central bank steps up bonds and equities purchases.

The Bank of Japan is officially encouraging the country's lenders to deal with their problem real estate loans, a Japanese banking official revealed. At a U.S. conference the representative told [...]

The Bank of Japan pursued a fairly restrictive monetary policy throughout the first quarter Of 1991 and beyond. Its official discount rate was kept at 6 per cent, which it [...]

Japan's prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, has replaced the top bank regulator with someone more willing to put public money into the bad banks that lie at the centre of the [...]

Business The trust controlling Hershey Foods decided not to share its sweets. Caving in to political pressure and public outcry centred on the company town in Pennsylvania, it abandoned plans [...]

With Japan's economic problems having the potential to wreak havoc on a Global scale, Japan's banks must haul themselves out of a hole of their own making, reports Anthony Rowley [...]

TOKYO - The Bank of Japan's policy board voted 7 to 2 to keep monetary policy unchanged at a meeting Feb. 25, deciding to gauge the effect of its interest [...]

The exorbitant compensation package of Tyco International ex-CEO Kozlowski, recently bailed out of prison by his ex-wife, is compared to that of GE ex-CEO Jack Welch, whose ex-wife exposed the more lavish aspects of his retirement benefits. Bank of Japan's announced strategy of buying equities to help struggling commercial banks has damaged the country's bond market.

Issues are presented concerning the monetary policy measures which were drawn up by the Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy Meeting on February 9, 2001. The reduction of the official discount rate to 0.35% from 0.5% is discussed.

Whether the Federal Reserve Board will raise interest rates again in 2000 depends on the cause of the current shortage of labor. The low rate of unemployment could lead to increased inflation if the cause is absence of workers as opposed to less demand for them.

The tiny 11,000 US jobs growth in June bolstered stock markets, but capital markets remain wary of further monetary tightening in view of a continued tight labor market. The Bank of japan's plans to raise interest rates fueled recessionary fears, and risks US diplomatic disapproval.

The Bank of Japan's zero interest rate policy is discussed in the light of the confusing statements issued by the Ban in Sep and Oct 1999. The Bank eased its monetary stance further but said there had been no change.

The Bank of Japan reported on Jun 9, 1999 that total bank credit in May 1999 was 5.4% lower than total bank credit in May 1998. On Jun 10, 1999, it was announced that real gross domestic product for Japan's 1st quarter 1999 rose 7.9%, but this figure must be discounted. Carl Weinberg of High Frequency Economics the massive destruction of wealth that occured in the 1990s makes Japan's situation unique, and that the prime objective now should be to remove the burden of 60 trillion yen (about $500 billion) in non-performing loans from the economy.