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...“I think the BoJ is ready to cut the policy rate to minus 0.2 or minus 0.3 per cent,” says Masaaki Kanno, chief economist at JPMorgan in Tokyo....
...Speculation over the appointment has mounted since the current governor, Masaaki Shirakawa, said he would step down in mid-March, three weeks ahead of schedule....
...First off, BoJ governor Masaaki Shirakawa has long stressed that fundamental realities, like an ageing population, can’t help but impede the effectiveness of Japanese monetary policy....
...wolf” could, in fact, be a modern parable — all in nice bureaucratic speak — about the interminable threats of “appropriate action” emanating from Tokyo — the latest being a classic double-header from Masaaki...
...“He’s a car otaku [geek],” says Masaaki Sato, author of The House of Toyota ....
...acting BoJ head, as central bank governor and rejected Hiroshi Watanabe as deputy....
...Japan’s government on Monday night nominated acting central bank governor Masaaki Shirakawa to head the Bank of Japan, a safe appointment that is expected to end weeks of political wrangling....
...However, he suggested that his party might oppose the probable nomination for deputy governor, former vice-finance minister Hiroshi Watanabe....
...If a candidate cannot be agreed on Tuesday, Masaaki Shirakawa who has been approved by both houses of parliament as deputy governor, is likely to assume the job of acting governor....
...Masaaki Shirakawa, deputy governor and a career BoJ official, has been named acting head of the bank....
...Masaaki Shirakawa, who is expected to be confirmed as Japan’s central bank governor on Tuesday, says the world is facing its most serious financial crisis since the 1930s, and US authorities may need to...
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