Tag: Tokyo

Unconventional Monetary Policies: Looking Ahead

Speech By Naoyuki Shinohara Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Tokyo, January 23, 2014 As Prepared for Delivery Good morning. It is my great pleasure to be here today to open this seminar on unconventional monetary policy. I would like to thank the government of Japan for its generosity in […]

Asia shares rally as China cools money rates, yen slips

Asian markets sprang higher on Tuesday as Japanese stocks rebounded and Chinese money rates eased, while the U.S. dollar got a fillip from a report the Federal Reserve would again trim its bond buying next week. A drop in the yen helped Tokyo’s Nikkei .N225 rally 1.5 percent and dragged […]

Asian stocks shake off Wall Street shadow, dollar gains

The dollar pushed higher on Friday and Asian stocks clawed their way off session lows, moving past downbeat results on Wall Street as some investors wagered that upcoming U.S. data will paint an optimistic picture of the world’s largest economy. The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket […]