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Bank of Japan lifts economic forecasts Japan's population has been reluctant to spend in the face of falling prices The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has raised its forecast for both economic growth and inflation this year in its twice yearly report. The BoJ
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Friday, the June 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 96.620 (implying a yield of 3.380 per cent), up from Thursday's close of 96.590 (3.410 per cent). The June three-year bond futures contract was at 96.140 (3.860 per cent), up from 97.120 (
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Improvement in exports and recently compiled economic stimulus steps will likely put the economy back on a recovery path, but a slowdown in overseas economies remains a risk factor, the government said in its monthly economic report. The government
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The Stoxx Europe 600 Index added 0.3 per cent, with the volume of shares changing hands 34 per cent less than the 30-day average...Japan's currency strengthened 0.3 per cent to 89.81 per dollar at 11:07 a.m...European finance ministers are meeting in
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The Bank of Japan eased monetary policy on Wednesday by boosting asset purchases by double the usual amount, as slowing global demand and mounting tensions with China have hurt chances of a near-term recovery in the export-reliant economy . The yen
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The report also includes a plan to tap private-sector funds to create demand in the medical and welfare industries. The government plans to include the measures in an economy-reviving strategy to be drawn up by the end of the month. The antideflation
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Japanese ruling party powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa will leave the party along with 51 other lawmakers over a plan to raise the sales tax, an aide said on Monday, though the government will retain its majority in the powerful lower house of parliament.
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The Bank of Japan's closely watched quarterly tankan business-sentiment survey, released Monday, came in well above expectations. The headline diffusion index, covering major manufacturing firms' views of conditions, rose to -1 after two quarters of
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Topics Governor of the Bank of Japan Masaaki Shirakawa arrives at the G-20 meeting during the spring International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank meetings in Washington April 20, 2012. Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa has been doing his best
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Staff writer The Bank of Japan on Tuesday revised downward its economic growth forecasts for fiscal 2011 from 0.3 to minus 4 percent, citing the impact of Europe's sovereign debt issues and the yen's appreciation. At its two-day Policy Board meeting,
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