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Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda told the government's top advisory panel that it will take time for its negative interest rate policy to have an impact, a Reuters report said citing Economy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara. In January, the BoJ stunned the market by adopting a negative interest...

This year's exchange-traded funds' inflows are marked by at least one obvious theme: flight to safe-haven assets. That explains the top asset-gathering ETF year-to-date is the SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSE: GLD) and why six of the top 10 asset-gathering ETFs are fixed income funds. Among equity-...

The U.S. Dollar Index surged to an 11-month high this week as central banks around the world look to continue pushing stimulus programs. The European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to keep interest rates low for the foreseeable future and is being pressured to provide for stimulus for a region on...

Economic data and central bank meetings will dominate financial news again next week as the Bank of Japan and Reserve Bank of Australia hold their monthly policy meetings.  Key earnings reports from both HSBC and Intercontinental will also be in focus as quarterly earnings season nears its end...

U.S. equity futures were flat in early Wednesday trading ahead of lots of earnings releases expected. Also, Moody's refrained from downgrading Spain to junk overnight, but did keep the nation's credit rating on negative watch. Top News In other news around the markets: Conflicting reports Tuesday...

There were indications yesterday that Bank of Japan may step in to stabilize rates if the yen keeps getting stronger and stronger. According to the Japanese Finance Minister, Hirohisa Fujii, he said on Thursday that , “If the currency market moves abnormally, we may take necessary steps in the...