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This was clearly a shout-out to the US, and indirectly a subtle hint to the Bank of Japan to refrain from direct FX market intervention.

He also said he hoped that the Bank of Japan would take steps to support the government's move.

Some analysts doubted any intervention would be effective, given past experiences by the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank.

The Bank of Japan this week said it would extend the availability of cheap loans to banks, in a bid to push down the yen.

While Japan still shows signs of a moderate recovery, the recovery "seems to be pausing, " the Bank of Japan said.

The Bank of Japan "welcomed" the policy, but did not take any action itself.

Masaaki Shirakawa, governor of the Bank of Japan, released a similar statement to try to calm markets.

The supply of gold is small and constrained, whereas the Bank of Japan can create as much yen as it likes.

So why is the Bernanke Fed being just as passive now as the Bank of Japan was a decade ago?

However, analysts and traders said the main focus remained on a two-day meeting of the policy board of the Bank of Japan that ends today.

"Interest rates, er, set by the Bank of Japan, are going up from zero to 0. 25%, " he said.

Quantitative easing was a tool of monetary policy that the Bank of Japan used to fight deflation in the early 2000s.

The allied air strikes against Libya are presenting a new challenge for the Bank of Japan in its efforts to stem the rise of the yen.

"We have to be prepared for the difficult times awaiting us, " said Mikio Watatsuki, former executive director of the Bank of Japan.

The Bank of Japan forecast two years of deflation and Japan's jobless rate jumped to a four-year high of 4. 8 percent in March.

Back then, Mr. Bernanke suggested that the Bank of Japan could get Japan's economy moving with a variety of unconventional policies.

There will be calls for remedial action from the Bank of Japan, although it has no low-risk way to ease monetary policy much further.

The risk of slowing growth in response to a US slowdown strongly suggests that the Bank of Japan will keep interest rates unchanged.

Kiyohiko Nishimura, deputy governor of the Bank of Japan, said he feared a "widespread credit crunch" .

The Bank of Japan has kept interest rates close to zero but remains otherwise oddly reluctant to take stronger action.

But the Bank of Japan, after intervening directly to weaken the yen in September, has struck upon a more benign response.

Back in 2000, Mr. Bernanke also suggested that the Bank of Japan could move expectations by making announcements about its future policies.

Investors awaited a key U. S. jobs report and the outcome of a policy meeting by the Bank of Japan, both due out on Friday.

While the Bank of Japan is not expected to take any drastic measures, a small expansion of its asset purchase facilities may be likely.

Officials at the Bank of Japan have been vague about the timing of the move, saying it may come sometime next year.

Clashes between the ruling and opposition parties have already led to an embarrassing vacancy at the helm of the Bank of Japan.

One thing we need to think about is how much more money could the Bank of Japan print for the reconstruction process.

In addition, the report from Nikkei Business Daily said the Bank of Japan is considering additional steps to ease monetary policy.

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) began to lower interest rates in July 1991, soon after property prices began to decline.

The greatest benefit intervention could bring would be if it signalled that the Bank of Japan was more willing to fight deflation.

The Bank of Japan released $24 billion into the banking system, to make it easier for financial companies to borrow the cash they need.

The Bank of Japan is facing a policy dilemma as it juggles the risks of slowing growth and rising global inflationary pressure.

Investors seem to prefer the monetary approach of the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.

The question is: to what extent is the Bank of Japan willing to run with this activity?

and justifiable criticism of the Bank of Japan for not doing enough to end deflation.

Helpfully, China has a massive mountain of money available to it that the Fed and Bank of Japan did not have.

First, the Bank of Japan's "debt monetization" close to the limit, no longer be sustainable.

While the Bank of Japan did not cut rates, the Fed statement said that the bank supported the actions.

The Bank of Japan called an emergency meeting Aug. 30 to pump more liquidity into the economy, also an attempt to curb the yen's rise.

And like the Bank of Japan, they slashed interest rates and took extraordinary measures to try to keep credit flowing.

The disaster may also put some pressure on the Bank of Japan, which said it was cutting its two-day meeting short next week to just Monday.

The Bank of Japan has downgraded its assessment of Japan's faltering economy for a second month.

He said: "We have to work to bring the exchange rate to an appropriate level, including co-operating with the Bank of Japan. "

In the days since the earthquake, the Bank of Japan has printed trillions of new yen.

On deck for tomorrow in Asia is the RBNZ's announce of the cash rate, followed later by the Bank of Japan's rate announcement.

Speculation is focused on additional easing measures by the Bank of Japan, including expanding a funding scheme for short-term loans.

Given this dynamic, the Bank of Japan could presumably increase its purchases to extraordinary levels without provoking inflation fears.

And this omits the contribution to global liquidity of the Bank of Japan, whose low interest rates are fuelling the "carry trade" .

The Bank of Japan yesterday began a two-day policy board meeting amid political pressure not to raise interest rates.

If bond yields were to rise, would the Bank of Japan take additional action?

Although the Bank of Japan stayed out of the rate cutting, the mood was gloomy as Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index closed down 9. 4%.

If the Ministry of Finance does order the Bank of Japan to sell yen, it would not be because it is unacceptably strong.

Slightly more than a decade ago, I spent many hours at the Bank of Japan talking with officials about the paradoxes of ultra low rates.

Interestingly, Mr Watanabe said on election night that one of its first goals would be to reform the Bank of Japan and end deflation.

TOSHIHIKO FUKUI, the wily governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ), would dearly like to raise interest rates.

Second, the Bank of Japan's ability to help the economy is limited.

At the time, the Bank of Japan financed a large fiscal expansion by printing money.

The move had echoes of the Bank of Japan's long-running, largely unsuccessful zero interest-rate policy.

A recent report from the Bank of Japan showed their numbers have mushroomed in the otherwise depressed northern city of Sapporo.

The Bank of Japan will announce its rate decision on Tuesday, while Norway's central bank will end a policy meeting on Wednesday.

The Bank joined the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, the ECB, the Bank of Canada and the Swiss National Bank in making the announcement.

Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan has announced it will spend up to Y1, 000bn buying shares from banks.

The descent into insolvency was directed by the Bank of Japan and enabled by bond buyers themselves.

The Bank of Japan, unilaterally and with help from G-7 peers, has intervened to weaken the yen.

The Bank of Japan is not going to tighten, especially after the earthquake.

It will be a tough job, though one that offers a chance to right the Bank of Japan's blemished history of missteps and blunders.

And the Bank of Japan used that fact as an excuse to do no more.

On Tuesday, it was the Bank of Japan's move.

Meanwhile , the Bank of Japan slashed rates to ward off an export decline , and stoke up more domestic demand .

Those figures come as the Bank of Japan prepares to decide on interest rates on Friday.

The Bank of Japan was granted nominal independence from government interference during the 1990s.

But Mr Leuchtmann says the policy is a mistake, since it will encourage speculators to take on the Bank of Japan.

Meanwhile, credit-market turmoil creates a quandary for the Bank of Japan (BoJ).

Japanese stocks have seen sharp falls in response to the Bank of Japan's attempts to curb the rising yen.

Since the Democratic Party of Japan took office last year, it has been pressuring the Bank of Japan to be fiercer in fighting deflation.

However, possible measures from the Bank of Japan may bring two-way flows into the market.

The Bank of England and the Bank of Japan face new political challenges due to elections.

The Bank of Japan maintains near zero interest rates despite severe deflation or fall in prices.

The Bank of Japan cut rates to zero but failed to avoid a long recession.

The yen hovers at a 15-year high despite efforts by the Bank of Japan to weaken it by buying up dollars.

The Bank of Japan has held an emergency meeting amid growing concern about the surging value of the yen.

The Bank of Japan has turned the monetary taps on, but its circumstances are somewhat special.

The Bank of Japan's ultra-loose policy was brought in five years ago to avoid the risk of financial meltdown.

The Bank of Japan has bought equities and the Swiss National Bank has intervened in the currency markets.

On this front, too, the Bank of Japan has already laid down its sword.

The Bank of Japan has also been buying up all of its bonds owned by non-Japanese.

The Bank of Japan issued a statement promising to provide ample liquidity.

With the G7 not just the Bank of Japan now intervening in the yen markets now we expect the Yen to hold above 80 to the dollar.

On April 27th the Bank of Japan (BoJ) will publish its half-yearly outlook, which is expected to be upbeat.

The second rationale has some merit provided the Bank of Japan really does resist the urge to mop up any liquidity.

The Bank of Japan vowed to ensure financial market stability and liquidity.

The Bank of Japan this week appointed its first female branch manager in its 128-year history.

The Bank of Japan has promised to inject liquidity into the financial system to prevent a collapse.

The greatest burden is on the Bank of Japan. Its efforts to cure deflation over the past 15 years have too often been timid.

No central bank on earth has earned more inflation-fighting credibility than the Bank of Japan.

The Bank of Japan trumpeted the appointment of Tokiko Shimizu, 45, as its first female branch manager .

On Aug. 30, the Bank of Japan, its country's central bank, announced a major new program of monetary stimulus.

The Bank of Japan's big move was bigger -- $120 billion or so -- but it wasn't very daring.

The Bank of Japan has had that issue under discussion for a long time , but it hasn't been resolved yet .

The weakness of the dollar also prompted the Bank of Japan to intervene to cap gains in the yen for the first time since 2004.

If so, more yen selling by the Bank of Japan is surely in the offing.

The day before the Fed's decision, the Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy unchanged.

The Bank of Japan left interest rates alone at less than 0. 10% to no ones surprise and the markets didn't even flinch.

Even the Bank of Japan could adopt similar measures.

The Bank of Japan also kept its benchmark interest rate near zero.

But the Bank of Japan was powerless to stop it.

The Bank of Japan cut rates to 0 but failed to avoid a long recession.

Many banks have only recently won independence, notably the Bank of England, in 1997, and the Bank of Japan the following year.

According to the Bank of Japan's index of the real effective yen rate, it is much closer to its lows than highs of the past 20 years.

The Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank should follow suit.

"The Bank of Japan can buy government bonds on the open market. . . " he wrote in 1998.

But the Bank of Japan has a much broader charter to undertake all kinds of financial activities , as directed by the Cabinet .

The Bank of Japan is under pressure from the government to make its easy monetary policy even easier.

Holdings dramatically increased in 2003 and 2004, when the Bank of Japan was supporting the yen in the foreign exchange market.

The Fed, the ECB and the Bank of Japan all have work to do.

In an effort to restart the economy, the Bank of Japan went to ZIRP (a zero interest rate policy) in 1995.

The question is whether the People's Bank can do any better than the US Federal Reserve or Bank of Japan at deflating a credit bubble.

By February 2001, the Bank of Japan had brought interest down to zero.

The Bank of Japan is expected to announce some easing measures after its Sept. 6-7 policy meeting.

The decline in GDP is fuelling calls for more aggressive measures from the government and the Bank of Japan.

The principal reason is that the Bank of Japan has intervened in the foreign exchange markets, while the ECB has not.

The Bank of Japan has already earmarked $11bn to buy shares held by banks, itself a repeat of operations launched earlier in the decade.

Despite several interventions by th Bank of Japan, the yen rose during the week amid a lack of fresh dollar-buying incentives.

The bankruptcy of Incubator Bank of Japan has not had a major impact on trading.

The greatest burden is on the Bank of Japan.

Perhaps this is one explanation for the government's and the Bank of Japan's (BOJ's) failure to end Japan's long run of falling prices.

On October 30th the Bank of Japan said its policy rate, now 0. 1%, would stay there "for some time" .

That alone gave the Bank of Japan (BoJ) reason to act on October 5.

The Bank of Japan's policy board voted to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0. 5% on September 19th.

B: In the respect it is similar . But the Bank of Japan has a much broader charter to undertake all kinds of financial activities.

The Bank of Japan expressed its support, but kept its rate at 0. 5%.

It is time for the Bank of Japan, the People's Bank of China, Kingdom Capital, and others, to do the same.

Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan sharply reduced its growth forecast for the year, from 1. 6% to 0. 6%, because of the twin disasters.

To achieve this result, the Bank of Japan must co-operate with the government to avoid an excessive strengthening of the exchange rate.

In a recent Bank of Japan report, the central bank underlined its cautious view of the economy.

Nakagawa, a Tokyo university graduate, began his career at the Industrial Bank of Japan.

As the policy debate intensifies, investors might spare a thought for Takahashi Korekiyo, Bank of Japan governor from 1911 to 1913.

To alleviate the woe, the Bank of Japan was expected to cut interest rates from 0. 50% to 0. 25% on October 31st.

Green is now behind a group that is threatening Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa and Deputy governor Hirohide Yamaguchi.

The rise in commodity prices pushed up the corporate goods price index 3. 4 per cent year-on-year in July, according to Bank of Japan data.

In Britain the central bank is the Bank of England; in the U. S. A. , The Federal Reserve System; in Japan, the Bank of Japan.

The Bank of Japan also lowered its main interest rate from 0. 1 per cent to a range of 0. 0-0. 1 per cent.

The Bank of Japan surveyed a total of 10, 116 companies between Nov. 9 and Dec. 11, of which more than 99 percent responded.

If the Bank of Japan doesn't want to buck the currency markets, why would I want to try?

The 8-1 decision came during an emergency board meeting called by Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa.

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China and the Bank of Japan Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company announced the opening of UnionPay card payment network in Japan business.

The Bank of Japan, on the other hand, may be.

In Japan, the Bank of Japan is also signaling a willingness to raise rates, despite the economy failing to register much momentum.

'The yen is surging against the dollar and could damage our economy, ' he wrote in a letter to Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa.

Dillon: Note issue in Japan is controlled by the Bank of Japan , isn't it ?

Banker: Yes, the Bank of Japan has statutory authority to issue yen currency and coinage which is the sole legal tender in Japan.

They peaked in December at 2. 4%, according to Bank of Japan data.

Hoarding is exactly what happened in Japan earlier this decade when the Bank of Japan implemented quantitative easing between 2001 and 2006.

Next week he will lunch in Japan with the new governor of the Bank of Japan.

Nihonbash, Chuo-ku, Tokyo is quite famous financial area in Japan. There are Bank of Japan and Tokyo Stock Exchange etc. here.

Prior to joining the firm, he worked for HSBC Group, Societe Generale Asia (Hong Kong and Shanghai) and Industrial Bank of Japan.

Similarly, the Bank of Japan is buying stocks and may make subordinated loans to banks to boost their capital and lending capacity;

The Bank of Japan is being urged to boost growth and stop prices falling

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