Japanese Bank Lending: Losing Momentum
Loan balances have eased back to May levels, with much of the increase in lending by the major banks in March-June reversing between July and...
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Japanese Banks: Mountains of Money
The cash piles at the banks are turning into cash mountains, prompting some to withdraw some deposit products and suspend counter operations for...
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Japanese Bank Lending: Flatlining
Loan and deposit data for Japanese banks released by both the BoJ and the JBA for September 2020 confirm that the ‘dash for cash’ by major...
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Japanese Regional Banks: An Old Chestnut Reappears
A curious thing happened on Friday. The Japanese Topix Index fell almost 1%, reflecting overnight weakness on Wall Street, but the banking sector...
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Japan Banks – Rare Time to Shine?
It is rare for Japan’s banks to shine. We wonder if this is now their time and even if only fleetingly so? Credit costs are down substantially for...
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