And while you're at it, why not give them more holidays and less unpaid overtime so they can spend more? At the very least it would reduce the suicide rate. Come on Japan, do the right thing.

All he is saying is that hike or no hike, it's inefficient use of his "power" to announce extra measures just before the Fed announcement. If the Fed hikes, then the dollar will become stronger than the yen temporarily, so no need for extra easing. ...

Very poetic Ken And yes, they are intertwined to some extent, just like the US and Japan in general. There is a whiff of divergence in the air of course (Fed trying to raise rates, BOJ trying to increase QQE), but ultimately where will it end up? ...

True, but not just yet, and subject to a national referendum. I have no idea how that would go, but it is a possibility. In the short term he's more likely to increase the stimulus package, as promised many times before the election, so I think that ...

If the UK leaves then the US will do whatever it takes to minimise the effect on its economy. One year, two years... who knows? But ten years sounds like a hollow threat to me. And Brits don't respond well to threats! I like Obama but I think he's ...

Almost definitely some casualties. It was shindo 7 at the epicentre, which is the highest it gets. TV is reporting collapsed buildings and fires.

Bond prices increase as yields decrease, so some are hoping for capital gains. Others may be hoping for a stronger yen in the future.

Nikkei jumped up 400 points on atrocious Chinese data. Hmm. Something not right here...

This should put a bit of downward pressure on the euro next week, assuming nothing changes after the meeting on Saturday. And those gamblers who decided to hold their shorts over the weekend (ahem... me included) can sleep a bit easier now.

Richter scale is outdated, and doesn't express how bad an earthquake feels in a specific location. Japanese Shindo scale is much better for that. Anyway, Shindo 4 is not so bad. We get those quite often over here.

Yeah, well... not many people know where it's going short term. It's the long term that counts. It took me about 20 years to figure that out.

I'm already short with no s/l. That's how sure I am (though if it breaks and stays above 1.4 I'll admit I'm wrong)

This guy is ALWAYS bearish EU! But I tend to agree with him. It's only a matter of time before 1.35 cracks.

This isn't news at all. Of course they're going to refrain from new measures until they know how the current ones are working. Didn't Draghi say something to this effect in the press conference? Smells like a bull trap to me.

Nikkei's flying up! I guess this isn't such bad news after all.

Thank you, foreigners, for giving those of us who know what's going on in Japan the bargain of the year!

They tried that in the past (before Abe). Couldn't reach an agreement. These are politicians after all, not normal sensible people.

Do Holland not do that already?

I always expect ( $_$ ) but I usually get ( ;_; )

That's worrying... Barclays are writing what I'm thinking...