Bank of Japan – The Heat Is On.

​CENTRAL BANK TO RAISE RATES

It’s not often 1% on a time deposit creates so much excitement – Shinsei Bank ad on a JR train to Kamakura

• The past two years of a weak yen is about to close marking the ‘end of an era’ of super-low and negative interest rates. A strong yen now will boost the economy.
• With inflation back and is sticky. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) carefully avoids market chaos as it normalizes through a slow retreat, but the Ministry of Finance (MoF) may have to act.
• As ever, Japan is different, and here are five less obvious scenarios that follow the BoJ raising rates. And with the yen close to ¥150/$ to start the week, the heat is on.

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