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Bank of Japan enters the money trap

The first thing to say about Haruhiko Kuroda, nominated as the next governor of the Bank of Japan, is that he is a very nice man. Whenever I have met him, he has been not only modest and friendly, but also ready, willing and able to discuss policy issues and ready to modify his opinion…
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Written on February 27, 2013 at 10:24 am, by robert

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Tags: Abe, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, central banking, currency war, global financial system, International Monetary System, Iwata, Japan, Kuroda, Nakaso, Shinzo Abe, The Money Trap

Why Asia fears new currency war

The territory will be different – the sides will measure their gains and losses in terms of fractions of an exchange rate movement rather than yards of muddy land in Flanders. But the implications could be far-reaching. Nothing less than the future shape and health of the world economy is at stake. The…
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Written on December 23, 2012 at 8:18 pm, by robert

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Tags: Abe, Bernanke, China, Christianity, ECB, euro, euro area, Europe, Germany, global financial system, International Monetary System, Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa, Mervyn King, Prime Minister, Shirakawa, The Money Trap