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  Consumer

  Bank of Japan Thinks the Inflation Target Can Be Achieved by 2019

  For Japan’s economy, the main struggle has been the low level of inflation. Japan’s inflation has been low for the past three decades.

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  Consumer

  Why Rising Japanese Inflation Isn’t Good Enough for Bank of Japan

  The BOJ’s (Bank of Japan’s) qualitative and quantitative easing (or QQE) programs and a negative interest rate are helping to slowly revive Japanese inflation.

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  Company & Industry Overviews

  Why Has China’s Risk Ranking Fallen?

  Movers and shakers…and losers The biggest movers in our latest quarterly update? China posted the biggest rankings decline, with a three-notch fall to the 32nd place. This was mostly a result of shuffles of its close neighbors in the index. China’s Financial Sector Health score slumped against a backdrop of rapid credit growth. Norway was […]

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  Financials

  Why the bid/cover ratio for the 6-month Treasury bills declined

  Despite an increase in the six-month Treasury interest rates, last week’s coverage at 4.46x was lower than the previous week’s 4.76x bid/cover ratio.

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  Financials

  Why was the 3-month Treasury bill auction strong last week?

  Last week, the three-month T-bill interest rate remained neutral in line with the Federal funds rate target.