Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor nominee Kazuo Ueda speaks during a hearing at the lower house of parliament on February 24, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Yen bulls are feeling a sudd...
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Bank Of Japan’s Next $5 Trillion Man Has Worst Job In Economics
Japan’s government nominated Kazuo Ueda to be the next governor of the Bank of Japan. Akio Kon/Bloomberg As poisoned-chalice jobs go, leading the Bank of Japan is a real standout. In fact, Kazuo...
Why Bank Of Japan Needs A Female Leader
Yuri Okina tops shortlists of potential female candidates to replace Haruhiko Kuroda as Bank of Japan governor. Akio Kon/Bloomberg Over the next few weeks, Tokyo financial circles will buzz with intri...
Bank Of Japan Should Study Paul Volcker Era
As Federal Reserve chairman from 1979 to 1987, Paul Volcker took the maxim that a central banker’s role is “take away the punch bowl just as the party gets going” to the extreme. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AF...
Japan’s ‘Frankenstein’ Turns On The No. 3 Economy
Haruhiko Kuroda made the tiniest of gestures he possibly could on the BOJ’s ultraloose policies. JIJI PRESS/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images Who knew global investors were this easy? Even Bank of...
Japanese Yen Risks Being Rebranded As The ‘Peso’
Haruhiko Kuroda has the Bank of Japan standing pat while central bankers virtually everywhere else are boosting interest rates. MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images The deer-in-the-headlights moment tha...
Yen Hits 150 On The Way To Economic Infamy
Haruhiko Kuroda is grappling with a yen in virtual free-fall AP Photo/Pat Roque The biggest monetary policy experiment in modern history is clearly not going well as the Japanese yen plunges to 32-yea...
Sometimes $5 Trillion Isn’t Enough To Prove Einstein Wrong
Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda gestures as he answers questions during a press conference in Tokyo. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images It’s tantalizing to ponder what Albert Einstein might mak...
Bitcoin Thanks Japan For Making It Look Less Pathetic
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday that he isn’t thinking about raising Japan’s rock-bottom interest rates. Toru Hanai/Bloomberg As bitcoin spills credibility all over t...
Recession Risks Are Contagious As Japan’s GDP Stumbles—Again
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has very few options to avoid a recession that may be all but inevitable. Getty Images Japan’s economy shrank…Typing these words is maddeningly familiar for long-time Toky...
‘Zombified’ Japan Shows World How Not To Spend $5 Trillion
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda fields questions during a press conference in Tokyo. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is often thought to have the...
The $5 Trillion Inflation Time Bomb No One’s Talking About
Bank of Japan’s governor Haruhiko Kuroda at a press conference at the Bank of Japan headquarters in … [+] Tokyo on June 15, 2018. MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images It’s taken nine years a...