The programme provides a short term boost to stock prices, but impacts to the securities lending market diminish its effectiveness.
August 4, 2023The tweak is seen as a small step towards normalisation. Analysts have warned that the BOJ's monetary policy stance harms the economy and distorts the bond market.
July 31, 2023The first meeting of the CBDC Forum was held on Thursday, including participation from about 60 private business operators.
July 21, 2023In the second half of fiscal 2023, regulators will use the new platform to start collecting "highly granular data on corporate lending" in stages, the FSA said.
June 27, 2023The JSCC reportedly attributed the rise in breaches to interest rate volatility triggered by banking turmoil in the US in March.
June 20, 2023The second phase of the CBDC project evaluated additional functions building upon the basic CBDC ledger functions explored in the first phase.
May 30, 2023The Japan Chapter will support local financial institutions as they work to decarbonise across all sectors of the economy and “seize transition-related opportunities”.
May 12, 2023The review will look into various monetary policy moves taken over the past 25 years, and not be tied to near-term policy shifts.
May 2, 2023Kazuo Ueda plans to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy but signalled an openness to tweaking the BOJ's yield control policy.
April 12, 2023The launch of the panel will coincide with the start of a digital yen pilot programme involving the BOJ and private sector participants.
April 3, 2023