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  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
    Bank of Japan buys $12.7bn of bonds as yields hit highest in a decade

    Purchases come as global market sell-off drives US Treasury rates

    A man walks past the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    Yen tumbles after Bank of Japan maintains ultra-low interest rates

    August data shows consumer price growth exceeded 2% target for 17th straight month

    Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda
  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    Sovereign bonds
    The BoJ’s tightrope act

    Don’t look down

  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    Investment flows poised for historic shift after ‘giant leap’ by BoJ

    Long-dated bond yields jump to 9-year high as analysts hail ‘de facto abolishment’ of trading cap

    A Japanese national flag flutters at the headquarters of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo
  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    The economic impact of extreme heat

    Investment flows poised for historic shift after ‘giant leap’ by Bank of Japan

  • Saturday, 29 July, 2023
    BoJ policy shift boosts appeal of home market for local investors

    Soaring hedging costs have made foreign debt unattractive to some Japanese buyers

    Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan
  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    BoJ monetary policy tweak sends bond yields to 9-year high

    Central bank alters pillar of ultra-loose strategy in unexpected move

    Kazuo Ueda
  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    News in-depthBank of Japan
    Investment banks warn investors of potential BoJ surprise

    Prominent institutions say the central bank might well tweak policy of buying bonds to depress yields

    Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda
  • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
    Yen
    Yen rallies on bets BoJ will tweak yield curve controls

    Currency strengthened past ¥140 against dollar, erasing entirety of its fall in June

    A person’s hands in view, counting Yen notes
  • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    The challenges for Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda — in charts

    New central bank head inherits an asset-laden balance sheet and the world’s last negative interest rates

    Kazuo Ueda and some yen notes
  • Monday, 17 April, 2023
    Special ReportFTfm: Fixed Income
    Analysts pore over Ueda’s words for clues on Japanese bond policy

    New central bank governor uses a phrase that suggests yield curve control could end this year

    New Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda at his inaugural press conference on April 10
  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
    Markets InsightToby Nangle
    Is this time different for Japanese government bonds?

    Central bank policy of yield curve control will inevitably unravel

    Kazuo Ueda, who has been nominated as the Bank of Japan’s next governor
  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    Ditching bond yield cap will be tricky task for new Bank of Japan governor

    Kazuo Ueda has hinted that ‘yield curve control’ is unlikely to survive in its existing form once he takes the helm

    Kazuo Ueda
  • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
    Asia-Pacific economy
    BoJ finally corners 10-year JGB market

    Just incredible stuff

  • Friday, 24 February, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    Next BoJ head Kazuo Ueda calls for ‘creative’ monetary policy

    Academic says central bank should sustain easing measures until 2% inflation target in sight

    Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda
  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    Is the Bank of Japan really easing policy?

    (No)

  • Monday, 20 February, 2023
    Markets InsightBenjamin Shatil
    A shift in fund flows from Japan will be felt around the world

    If policy of yield control is phased out under incoming BoJ head Kazuo Ueda, a flight from foreign markets may accelerate

    A montage of Kazuo Ueda, the Bank of Japan logo and US, Australian and euro bills
  • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
    Global Economy
    BoJ YCC > Fed QT

    What will Ueda do?

  • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    IMF warns of market impact of abrupt BoJ policy change

    Fund points to ‘significant upside risks’ to inflation and calls for flexible approach to controlling bond yields

    A Japanese flag flutters above the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo
  • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
    News in-depthBank of Japan
    ‘No margin for error’: Bank of Japan’s next chief faces daunting challenge

    Haruhiko Kuroda’s successor must steer economy towards interest rate normalisation

    Masayoshi Amamiya, Hirohide Yamaguchi and Hiroshi Nakaso in front of the symbol for the Bank of Japan
  • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
    News in-depth
    Bank of Japan eases bond market strains with loans to banks

    Expanded lending package gives central bank a boost in struggle to contain government debt yields

    Pedestrians walk in front of the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Dissecting the big bad Japanese bond bid

    Trouble ahead?

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Bank of Japan’s policy predicament

    Kuroda, or his successor, must solve challenges around yield curve control

    Commuters pass the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. If the BoJ tries to defend yield curve control and fails it will pay a bitter price in cash and credibility
  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Bank of Japan DGAF

    Still, keep an eye on the Japanese bond bid

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Bank of Japan
    Bank of Japan defies market pressure and holds firm on yield curve control

    Yen tumbles 2% after decision to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy

    A man walks past the headquarters of Bank of Japan in Tokyo
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