The Holy Grail of Reflation: "from Savings to Investment"
Recent large government privatisations (Japan Post and JR Kyushu) have brought with it a positive tendency, as we pointed out in The Reflationary...
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Structural Reform II: Political Economy Backdrop
 One of the enduring questions regarding Japan’s “lost decades of growth” remains the degree to which failure to grow owes to insufficient...
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BoJ Tapped to Taper
In their policy meeting on September 20-21, the BoJ will be essentially admitting that they can no longer pursue 2% inflation rate target as...
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BOJ Outcome: Symbolic Stimulus (As We Predicted)
As forecast by Europacifica, BOJ offered symbolic (modest) easing today.- Though it left overnight rates at -0.1%, the BOJ increased its ETF...
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Macro Chart Focus: Brexit and the Yen
Yen has been the (perhaps unwilling) beneficiary of the risk-aversion of Brexit.This type of environment is a high risk environment for MOF...
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