As expected, the Bank of Japan maintained a dovish policy stance at its Friday meeting. It left the policy rate unchanged at -0.1% and kept the cap on 10-year bond yields. However, the central bank revised up its CPI inflation…
Following a period of relative stability in September, the Japanese yen is now closing in on 150 per USD – a level last seen in 1990. This continued weakness has raised speculation that Japanese authorities will intervene…
This week, we present our quarterly review of the BCA Research Global Fixed Income Strategy (GFIS) model bond portfolio for Q3/2022. We also discuss the model portfolio’s expected performance over next 3-6 months after our recent…
This week’s Global Investment Strategy report titled Fourth Quarter 2022 Strategy Outlook: A Three-Act Play discusses the outlook for the global economy and financial markets for the rest of 2022 and beyond.
Executive Summary Upward Repricing Of Bond Yields Continues In this report, we discuss our move last week to shift to a below-benchmark overall global duration stance in more detail. Our strongest conviction view on…
As expected, the Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-dovish policy stance on Thursday. It left the policy rate on hold at -0.1% and kept its pledge to purchase 10-year bonds at 0.25%. Governor Kuroda noted that “there will…
The hotter-than-expected August US inflation report created a strong tailwind for the dollar on Tuesday, with the DXY soaring by 1.4% on the day. Curiously, the Japanese yen – which is the worst performing major currency…
The final estimate of Japan’s second quarter GDP growth indicated that the economy grew at an annualized 3.5% q/q, from 2.2% in Q1 and largely surpassing prior estimates of 2.9%. A 2% q/q growth in business spending was the…