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Jane Foley, senior currency strategist at Rabobank, says the Bank of Japan's monetary policy could work as it set its target with deflation and not inflation as previously tried in the U.K.
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Ed Rogers, Chairman at Barbour Griffith & Rogers tells CNBC that Japan's goal is to create inflation and that the Abe government will find a way to make it happen.
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DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb 28- The U.S. economy should emerge from the doldrums next year as long as the Federal Reserves sticks to its super-easy monetary policies long enough to give it the traction it needs, a top Fed official said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK, Feb 25- The euro fell to a more than six-week low against the dollar on Monday, while the yen soared broadly as worries about political gridlock in Italy spurred investors to seek refuge in the U.S. and Japanese currencies. But no party or likely coalition appeared to be able to form a majority in the upper house or Senate.
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TOKYO, Feb 25- Japan's government is expected to nominate Kikuo Iwata, an academic known as an advocate of aggressive monetary easing, to be the next Bank of Japan deputy governor, media reported. -A professor of economics at Tokyo's Gakushin University, Iwata, 70, has been a vocal critic of BOJ policy.
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TOKYO, Feb 24- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who took over in December for a rare second stint in power, is concentrating squarely on the economy. MOODY'S: Aa3 with stable outlook.
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Henry Blodget, Business Insider CEO & editor-in-chief, weighs in on the "new way to wage war" and what the United States should do to protect itself from hackers.
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Henry Blodget, Business Insider CEO & editor-in-chief, weighs in on Einhorn's case against Apple, the FBI's investigation of potential insider trading in Heinz, and Dell going private.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 15- Recent stock price and exchange rate movements show that monetary policy can have a real effect on the economy, an economic adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday during a speech in Washington.
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TOKYO, Feb 14- The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady and raised its assessment of the economy on Thursday, as the yen's recent declines and budding signs of recovery in global demand offer some relief to the export-reliant economy. "Japan's economy appears to be bottoming out," the central bank said in a statement announcing its policy decision.
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Jesper Koll, MD & Head of Japanese Equity Research, JPMorgan Securities sheds light on Japan's incentives to raise base pay that the government hopes will result in higher consumer spending.
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SINGAPORE, Feb 12- London copper was stuck in a holding pattern on Tuesday with traders reluctant to take big positions due to a week-long holiday in top consumer China, while brightening economic prospects there and in the United States underpinned prices.
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Bill Gross, Co-CIO, Founder & Managing Director of PIMCO, provides his perspective on bonds, the run in equities, and America's credit bubble.
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*Euro rises above resistance at $1.35, highest since Nov. 2011. NEW YORK, Jan 30- The dollar fell to a 14- month low against the euro on Wednesday after data showed the U.S. economy unexpectedly contracted in the fourth quarter, in contrast to an improving economic outlook in the euro zone.
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LONDON, Jan 30- The euro advanced to a 14- month high against the dollar and 33- month peak against the yen on Wednesday on improving prospects for the currency bloc, with investors gearing up for more gains in the near term.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan rises to near 18- month high, energy sector leads. The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.6 percent, building on the previous day's 1 percent rally which snapped a four-day losing streak.
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*Euro hits highest since December 2011, just below $1.35. NEW YORK, Jan 29- The euro scaled 14- month peaks against the dollar on Tuesday, gaining in three of the last four sessions, boosted by a more upbeat euro zone outlook and expectations the Federal Reserve will keep its ultra-easy monetary policy for some time.
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"Even though last month's meeting's minutes showed that Fed governors were divided on whether to continue the QE policy, it is the feeling of most traders that QE will not end during 2013 but rather will continue well beyond that date," said Matthew Lifson, senior analyst and trader at Cambridge Mercantile Group in Princeton, New Jersey.
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*Japan's shallow recession seen over. TOKYO, Jan 23- Analysts raised growth forecasts for Japan for the next fiscal year ending in March 2014 as the new government's stimulus spending, expectations of further monetary policy easing and the yen's retreat will help the economy, a Reuters poll showed.
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The euro zone can begin 2013 with more confidence than last year but it is up to governments to carry the bloc forward with reforms while the European Central Bank delivers stable prices, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Tuesday.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 22- Pressuring a central bank to use ever looser monetary policy to address structural economic problems is a concern, European Central Bank board member Joerg Asmussen said on Tuesday.