At the Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy Meeting on October 31st, the Policy Board announced that it would increase its asset buying program to 80 trillion yen a year, up from the previous rate of 60-70 trillion yen a year.
Mr Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan, gave a lunchtime speech to the International Bankers Association of Japan on 29 September. The BoJ’s recent initiatives have been a major policy...
The FSA has published its Financial Monitoring Report covering the period from July 2013 to June 2014. The Report is based on the Financial Monitoring Policy announced in 2013 and provides an overview of:
the FSA's approach to monitoring the various financial sectors
The Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies at the Bank of Japan conducts research on a range of monetary and economic issues with the aim of establishing an appropriate background for monetary policy. The IMES Discussion Paper Series was created to stimulate discussion and comments of...