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Bank of Japan’s Kuroda Defends Negative Rates, Says Not Aimed at Weakening Yen

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Japan’s central bank governor on Thursday said the bank’s adoption of negative interest rates was not directly aimed at weakening the yen, dismissing wider criticism that the policy was a failure amid a surge in the local currency.

The Bank of Japan stunned markets by deploying negative interest rates last month to prevent financial market volatility from hurting business confidence and delaying an exit from deflation.

The move, however, has failed to override a wave of global risk-aversion that has sent global stock markets into a slump and bolstered appetite for the safe-haven yen.

BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said policy objectives around price and currency stability were not the same thing in large economies like Japan. He also blamed persistent market volatility on investors’ concerns over China’s slowdown, slumping oil prices and banking-sector woes in Europe.

“Global market jitters have not yet subsided,” Kuroda told an upper house financial committee meeting on Thursday.

Reuters

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Craig Erlam

Craig Erlam

Former Senior Market Analyst, UK & EMEA at OANDA
Based in London, Craig Erlam joined OANDA in 2015 as a market analyst. With many years of experience as a financial market analyst and trader, he focuses on both fundamental and technical analysis while producing macroeconomic commentary.

His views have been published in the Financial Times, Reuters, The Telegraph and the International Business Times, and he also appears as a regular guest commentator on the BBC, Bloomberg TV, FOX Business and SKY News.

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