Japan
BOJ's Hayami - yen's fall too steep
JAPAN - The yen's recent fall has been too steep for his liking but an exchange rate of 130 to the dollar would benefit Japanese exporters, Bank of Japan governor Masaru Hayami said in a newspaper interview.
BOJ to provide special loans for failed bank
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said on Friday that it had decided to provide special non-collateralised loans to failed second-tier regional bank Ishikawa Bank Ltd to ensure it will not run into liquidity problems.
Bank of Japan Monthly Report December 2001
REPORT - Bank of Japan Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments, December 2001.
Bank of Japan aims for boost
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan has relaxed its monetary policy, providing more cash to the banking sector in a bid to boost the flagging economy.
Japan ready to bail out banks
JAPAN - Japan's central bank stands ready to bail out the country's ailing banks - but only in the event of a crisis.
Gov't hopes for flexibility in BOJ policy
JAPAN - The government hopes the Bank of Japan will be flexible when deciding monetary policy, minister for economic and fiscal policy Heizo Takenaka said Friday.
Inappropriate for BOJ to buy foreign bonds
JAPAN - It is inappropriate for the Bank of Japan to buy foreign bonds as a way to ease monetary conditions as it would be viewed as foreign exchange intervention, said a former BOJ executive director Thursday.
Koizumi firm on reform in spite of gloom
JAPAN - Junichiro Koizumi, Japan's prime minister, yesterday, Wednesday, said he would not waver on economic structural reform despite evidence of increasing gloom in corporate boardrooms across Japan about the recession-swamped economy.
Japan tankan survey points to prolonged recession
JAPAN - Japanese business confidence sagged for a fourth straight quarter to a near three-year low in December, a key Bank of Japan survey showed on Wednesday, as big firms braced for a long recession and slashed spending plans.
Bank of Japan Tankan Report
REPORT - Bank of Japan Tankan Report, published 12 December 2001.
The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Japan
RESEARCH - With voices at the Bank of Japan and Ministry of Finance suggesting that more radical monetary policy tools are used to counter Japan's current deflationary spiral and recession this IMF paper looks at how monetary shocks impact on the…
Out-of-step BoJ board member helps constrain yen
JAPAN - A Bank of Japan policy board member suggested yesterday that the central bank should acquire at least Y200bn ( £1.1bn) of foreign bonds every month in an attempt to fulfil its legal duty to stabilise prices.
Shiokawa - Need to consider money printing issue
JAPAN - Japanese Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Tuesday the government needs to examine various aspects of the idea of printing more money to stem deflation.
Japan falls into recession
JAPAN - Japan has entered a recession, according to the latest official figures, which show the world's second largest economy continued to shrink between July and September.
Japan braces for recession
JAPAN - Japan is poised to cross the official dividing line into recession on Friday morning when figures showing how much its economy has shrunk are released.
US Treasury 'will not dictate policy' to Japan
US - The US will not urge Japan to buy foreign-denominated bonds to stimulate its ailing economy, Kenneth Dam, the deputy US Treasury secretary, said yesterday, Tuesday.
Speech by Yutaka Yamaguchi of the Bank of Japan
SPEECH - Speech given by Yutaka Yamaguchi, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan at the Economic Seminar of the Japan Research Institute, on 26 November.
OECD Economic Survey - Japan
REPORT - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Economic Survey - Japan, Assessment and recommendations.
OECD paints gloomy picture of Japan
JAPAN - Japan's economy will remain weak for some time to come as policymakers struggle to implement economic reform in the face of the country's worst slump since the Second World War.
Notice from the Bank of Japan
NOTICE - The Bank of Japan has redesigned its web site, 3 December.
Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting
NEWS RELEASE - Announcement of the Monetary Policy Meeting decisions, 29 November.
BOJ to cut annual salary for executives by 0.4%
JAPAN - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said Friday it will cut the annual salary of its executives for this fiscal year by 0.4% from the previous year.
Risk-averse BoJ shuns unorthodox economic measures
ARTICLE - Bank's board meeting today is not expected to yield significant action, reports the London FT 29 November.
Japan's bond market gets the jitters over debt
JAPAN - The Japanese government bond market was hit by a new bout of jitters on Monday as concern rose that the country's debt could soon be downgraded again - and signs emerged that Japanese banks were selling more JGBs.