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G20 Central Banks Unite to Fight Economic Depression

Can Central Bankers Prevent the Great Depression? Amid the worst financial crisis and market meltdowns since the 1930's, the world's top-20 central bankers and finance ministers are busy at work, inflating the world's money...

Japan Sept all-industries index -0.1 pct mth/mth

TOKYO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Japan's all-industries index, which covers a broad range of economic activity including the tertiary activity index, dipped 0.1 percent in September from the previous month, matching a consensus...

US Dollar: Paulson Comments Are Big Disappointment

US Dollar: Paulson Comments Are Big Disappointment The foreign exchange markets were relatively quiet today despite the big moves in US equities. Stocks hit 5 year lows intraday before reversing violently higher in the last...

JGBs rise on Treasuries, declining Tokyo shares

By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Japanese government bonds edged up on Wednesday following an overnight rise in U.S. Treasuries and a decline in Tokyo stocks. 'Macroeconomic factors are lessening in impact as the...

BOJ FOCUS-Bank of Japan may target credit strains, hold rates

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan may consider more measures to soothe frazzled money markets at a meeting this week and keep interest rates steady until a shrinking economy or the global financial...

Bank of Japan Could Be a Factor if Yen Continues to Appreciate

The Japanese Yen is trading higher this morning once again because of the weakness in the global equity markets. Traders are buying the Yen despite the fact that Japan’s economy has officially entered into a recession. Traders...

Bank fears resurface, Asia stocks sink

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell by up to 5 percent on Tuesday as prospects of a deep global recession and one of the biggest job cut plans in history at Citigroup doused expectations for a financial sector recovery in...

JGB 2-yr yield touches 8-mth low on economy worry

By Masayuki Kitano TOKYO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The market was mixed in light trade, with JGB futures inching higher but cash bonds mostly weaker except for the two-year notes, with longer-term cash bonds pressured by supply...

NZ dollar may rise as uridashi demand yield

NZ dollar may rise as uridashi sales show demand for yield By Paul McBeth Nov. 18 – The New Zealand dollar may gain this week as pending uridashi bond sales show there’s still demand for New Zealand’s relatively high interest...

Japan slips into recession

Japan slid into its first recession in seven years in the third quarter as the financial crisis curbed demand for Japanese exports, and the economy minister and analysts offered little hope of a recovery until next year

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