The Nikkei 225 and Topix indices have moved into a correction phase ahead of the upcoming BoJ and Federal Reserve decisions.

On the macro front, BofA’s strategists noted that the combination of the Bank of Japan’s policy shift and the resilience in credit markets has “cut ‘hard landing’ fears” for the U.S ...

- The Nikkei was unmoved by the BOJ and again led Asia today, +2% on top of yesterday’s +2.2%. JP yields also non-responsive.

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the central bank of Japan ... control and facilitation of credit and finance, and the maintenance and fostering of the credit system, pursuant to national policy ...

On the macro front, BofA’s strategists noted that the combination of the Bank of Japan’s policy shift and the resilience in credit markets has “cut ‘hard landing’ fears” for the U.S. economy. However, ...

The BOJ said it would offer to buy 10-year Japanese ... For the past decade, it has also used massive asset purchases to keep credit cheap to try to spur investment and spending and prop up ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda kept rate hikes ... a senior strategist at Credit Agricole CIB in Singapore. “The fact that Ueda is sticking to this rhetoric despite recent financial ...

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda kept rate hikes in play this year ... said David Forrester, a senior strategist at Credit Agricole CIB in Singapore. “The fact that Ueda is sticking to this ...

Japan's currency has been enjoying an epic rally and, at the time of this writing, heading for the biggest quarterly advance ...

Asian economies have entered a monetary easing cycle as the Federal Reserve cut rates for the first time in four years on ...

gainers were led by consumer credit, precision instrument and construction issues. The U.S. dollar briefly weakened to the lower 145 yen range on yen buying after BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda left open ...

LONDON: European stock markets retreated at the open Monday as investors awaited the US Federal Reserve’s first interest-rate ...