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The established financial world order of the past 50 years is now transitioning to a new and unknown paradigm as the petrodollar agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia was allowed to expire this past Sunday. The term ‘petrodollar’ described the U.S. dollar’s (USD) role as the currency used for crude oil transactions on the world market. It traces back ...
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post: BOJ TO OUTLINE BOND BUYING PLAN AT UPCOMING MEETING post: BOJ CUTS BOND BUYING TO ALLOW YIELDS TO FORM FREELY post: BOJ: PRIVATE CONSUMPTION HAS BEEN RESILIENT ALTHOUGH IMPACT OF PRICE RISES HAS REMAINED AND AUTO SALES HAVE CONTINUED TO BE PUSHED DOWN post: BOJ NO HAWKISH SIGNALS, NO SLOW DOWN OF BOND BUYING, NO RATE HIKE SIGNALS AND STICKING TO STIMULUS YEN STILL DEADBank of Japan decides to cut back on bond purchases The Bank of Japan on Friday decided in principle to reduce its purchases of Japanese government bonds, taking another step toward policy normalization following its first rate hike in 17 years in March. The central bank says it will decide on the detailed reducing strategy in the next meeting. Until then, it will continue purchases at the current pace, which is at around 6 trillion yen ($38.1 billion) per month. The move marks another move toward policy normalization that started on March 19, when the central bank decided to end its zero interest rate policy, new equity purchases and yield curve controls but stopped short of reducing the amount of its bond purchases. The shift illustrates the growing alarm among Japanese policymakers about the weak yen, exacerbated by the bank's supereasy monetary policy. Japan's currency, which has fallen 27% against the dollar since the beginning of 2022, plumbed a 34-year low of 160 to the greenback in April. After a two-day policy meeting, the BOJ decided to leave other measures unchanged, including its policy interest rate -- an uncollateralized overnight call rate -- between 0% and 0.1%. By cutting back on bond purchases, the BOJ will effectively shrink its JGB holdings and move into a quantitative tightening (QT) mode, a significant a
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