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December 13, 2017

Japan
Japanese Monetary Policy Is Working, But the BoJ Can’t Tell You Why

In September 2016, the Bank of Japan adopted a new strategy to boost the flagging Japanese economy: “yield curve control,” or YCC. The aim was to widen the gap between long- and short-term intere…

Japanese Monetary Policy Is Working, But the BoJ Can’t Tell You Why
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca Geo-Graphics

February 10, 2016

China
Could China Have a Reserves Crisis?

  

Could China Have a Reserves Crisis?
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Emma Smith Geo-Graphics

April 5, 2013

China
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of April 5, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. Japan gets aggressive on deflation. The Bank of Japan surprised investors Thursday by unveiling aggressive easy-mone…

A man walks past an electronic board showing the graphs of exchange rates between the Japanese yen, the U.S. dollar and Euro outside a brokerage in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. (Courtesy Reuters/Yuya Shino)
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

February 25, 2013

Trade
Post-Summit Decisions for Prime Minister Abe

Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, returned to Tokyo this weekend after his first summit meeting in Washington with President Barack Obama. Post-summit, Abe faces two important economic decisions. T…

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe participates in a media conference at a Washington hotel
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound

October 31, 2014

Europe
Three Central Banks

Today’s central bank news tells us a lot about the risks and rewards of proactive central banking. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) surprised me (and nearly everyone else ) with a dramatic expansion of its u…

Blog Post by Robert Kahn Macro and Markets