Yen weakens after Japanese central bank delays releasing details on plans to trim balance sheet
Currency’s slide towards 34-year lows resumes as finance ministry reveals scale of market intervention
Investors have been increasing bets BoJ will raise interest rates further
The central bank has called time on its ETF buying but has yet to say what it will do with its massive investments
Government interventions this week fail to ease concerns about plunging currency
Central bank data all but confirms Monday’s market intervention, as currency resumes slide against US dollar
Governor Kazuo Ueda says weakening currency is having ‘no major impact’ on underlying inflation
Yen’s 34-year low against dollar complicates task for BoJ governor Kazuo Ueda a month after ending negative rates era
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Escaping the ouroboros
Finance minister says government will ‘not rule out any steps against any excessive moves’
Last week’s monetary policy moves mark a shift away from strict inflation targeting
International investors and foreign governments have used the currency as a reliable vehicle for low-cost borrowing
Closing a monetary cabinet of curiosities
With financial risks lurking, Governor Ueda must maintain his cautious approach
Central bank raises borrowing costs for the first time since 2007 in a historic shift
Also in today’s newsletter, Hong Kong passes tough new security law and Adani Green ‘aware’ of US anti-graft probe into third party
Moving interest rates closer to the central bank’s 2% inflation target could take much longer than expected
Milestone return to positive interest rates is only the beginning
Central bank becomes world’s last to unwind ultra-loose monetary policy
Japan’s central bankers grapple with normalising monetary policy and unwinding the balance sheet
Negative GDP growth piles pressure on Bank of Japan as it plans exit from negative rates
Momentum on wages and prices strengthens view on outlook for inflation
It is time to take stock as the first big monetary policy meetings of the year take place
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