Yield curve
Ueda reaffirms BoJ’s exit from controlling long-term rates
Governor says surging bond yields are natural reflection of market expectations
BIS highlights market ‘uneasiness’ over bond issuance
Claudio Borio says fiscal outlook worldwide is “acutely worrying”
One in five main models has endogenous financial sector
Benchmark highlights array of methods central banks use to model financial sector, but 40% still do not model the financial side of the economy
Monetary policy shouldn’t overreact to one data point – IMF
Financial Stability Report highlights need for central banks to communicate steadiness
Malaysia’s Zeti on the key skills needed to be a successful central banker
The Bank Negara veteran speaks about leadership skills, lessons from the AFC and 1MDB crises, her scepticism of inflation targeting, and how the Asia School of Business' masters synthesises theory with practical realities
End of QQE and US rate decline will rein in Japanese yields – study
Japan’s institutional investors likely to stay in foreign bond markets, researchers say
PBoC to start additional open market operations
Move could increase importance of seven-day reverse repo rate, some analysts say
PBoC to start borrowing government bonds as yields fall
Analysts expect central bank to sell in secondary market to stabilise yields
Masaaki Shirakawa on his ‘unease’ about 2% inflation targets and lessons from Japan
The former Bank of Japan governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about the need to properly understand the business of banking, making sound contingency plans and the BoJ’s current policy constraints
BoJ to reduce its government bond purchases
Central bank will announce bond-buying details at next meeting and keeps rates unchanged
US news has a large impact on global bond yields – research
Bank of Canada research finds US news affects expectations in other countries
BoJ may scrap ultra-loose policy at March meeting, reports say
Policy-makers could be mulling speedy end to yield target and negative rates
Escaping the structural liquidity trap
Investment needs to be subsidised not taxed if developed countries want to avoid inflation and financial crises, writes Andrew Smithers
The BoJ’s possible path to positive rates
Are market expectations about a spring shift from negative Japanese rates credible, asks Sayuri Shirai
BoJ policy-makers signal end to negative rates
Summary of meeting shows board members see higher chances of achieving virtuous wage-price spiral
BoJ’s Ueda sees hope of achieving inflation target
Japanese firms are more willing to raise wages and prices but uncertainties remain, governor says
BoJ scraps rigid bond yield cap
Central bank further loosens YCC, ends daily bond buys and raises inflation forecasts
Bank of Japan steps up bond purchases
Central bank faces pressure to raise rates as yields on 10-year government bonds rise
BoJ leaders divided on wage growth and timing of tightening
July minutes show disagreement over when firms will raise wages
BoJ keeps negative rates unchanged
Ueda says more time is needed to assess whether rising wages are supporting inflation
Ueda says BoJ could end negative rates soon
Governor says it is “not impossible” that data will be strong enough by end of this year