The BOJ released its policy statement on Tuesday and it was as expected. The central bank sustained its yield curve control (YCC) policy as the BOJ seeks to ensure that inflation reaches its 2% target. The 8-1 vote by the Governing Committee was a bit dovish as one of the two new members, Goushi Kataoka, voted to extend the purchases further out the curve to prevent 15-year yields from rising. The bank will also have REITS and ETFS to buy if JGB supply runs short. Bottom line is that the NIKKEI made new 27-year highs and the dollar/YEN rallied as the currency gave up some of its recent gains against the U.S. and euro currencies.
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Notes From Underground: A Tale of Three Central Banks
November 1, 2017Notes From Underground: In the Battle of the European Balance Sheet Bulges, Cameron Says “NUTS”
December 11, 2011Almost 67 years ago, U.S. General McAuliffe told the German command that the U.S. forces at Bastogne would not surrender and actually said it in a one-word response: NUTS. In a parallel response to German/Franco demands that all European nations surrender their sovereignty by succumbing to a “FISCAL COMPACT”, British Prime Minister David Cameron basically said the same as the U.K. moved to cast a veto vote on the proposals that resulted from the European Summit.