USD/JPY – Kuroda Rhetoric Not Helping Yen Push Away Safe Haven Strength
Things did not start well for the new Bank of Japan Governor. First he was late for his first schedu...
USD/JPY – Kuroda First Statement May Not Mean Immediate Weaker Yen
USD/JPY Yen rose yesterday after rumors of Cyprus seeking Russian bailout funds emerged. The amount ...
Shirakawa Officially Resigns to the Bank of Japan
Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Masaaki Shirakawa formally resigned Tuesday, making way for his succes...
Japan Formalizes Kuroda as Head of BoJ
The government formally decided Tuesday to appoint Haruhiko Kuroda as Bank of Japan governor and Kik...
USD/INR – RBI Rate Cut as Growth Outweighs Inflation Risks
Reserve Bank of India cut its benchmark repo rate by 25 bps to 7.50% today, meeting market expectati...
AUD/USD – RBA losing dovish influence
RBA minutes released earlier today did not uncover new earth, but basically tossed around the same t...
Kuroda to have one more dove in BOJ roost
Masayoshi Amamiya, the head of the Bank of Japan (8301)’s Osaka branch, has returned to Tokyo afte...
PBOC Retains Zhou Xiao Chuan as Governor
In a sign that China’s new leaders will further move toward making its financial system more marke...
Japan Lower House Approves Kuroda as BoJ Governor
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved the nomination of Asian Development Bank President...
Bank of Italy Asks Lenders with Losses not to Pay Bonuses or Dividivends
The Bank of Italy has told Italian banks to further hike provisions against bad debts to take into a...
NZD/CHF – RBNZ dovishness outweighs Swiss’s 1.20 commitment
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the most dovish of them all? Today we have 2 Central Bank decisi...
Bank of Korea Hold Key Rates as Expected
South Korea's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a fifth straight month on ...
NZD/USD – RBNZ wants lower NZD
There are dovish statements and then there are dovish statements. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand ke...
German Central Bank Governor Warns Crisis not Over
Jens Weidman the German central bank chief has always erred in the side of caution and has been cr...
BOJ Minutes – “Risky Assets” Tickles Yen Weaker
No surprises from the BOJ Minutes this time round, as it is understandable that the incumbent Govern...
Kuroda Stresses Speed Important in Achieving 2 Percent Inflation Target
The Japan government's choice to lead the country's central bank promised on Monday to move quickly ...
Central Bank Activity Summary
US Federal Reserve The recent US economic data has looked sharp, and has raised speculation that th...
China Commerce Minister Warns US, EU and Japan about Devaluation
China's commerce minister appealed Friday to other major governments to avoid suppressing the value ...
Japan Nominates Vice Finance Minister to Replace Kuroda at ADB
Japan has nominated Takehiko Nakao, its deputy finance minister for international affairs, to become...
Bank of China Resumes Repos to Drain Liquidity
To further drain liquidity from the country's banking sector, China's central bank on Thursday resum...