Trading Floors Buzz With Excitement as BOJ Axes Negative Rates
One word echoed across trading floors from Tokyo to Singapore as the Bank of Japan raised rates for the first time in 17 years — ‘finally’.
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One word echoed across trading floors from Tokyo to Singapore as the Bank of Japan raised rates for the first time in 17 years — ‘finally’.
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Japan’s real estate shares were the biggest winners on Tuesday after a widely expected move by the Bank of Japan to end its negative rates regime, with investors focusing on the dovish tone by the central bank and the inflation outlook.
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Donald Trump lost his bid to prevent testimony from a porn star and a Playboy model at the former president’s criminal trial in New York, where he’s accused of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments before the 2016 election.
Aug 10, 2017
Reuters
,OTTAWA - New housing prices in Canada rose less than expected in June as Toronto paused for the first time in six months following provincial government measures to rein in the hot market, data from Statistics Canada showed on Thursday.
National prices rose 0.2 per cent from the month before, short of analysts' forecasts for a gain of 0.4 per cent. The new housing price index excludes apartments and condominiums.
Prices in Toronto, Canada's largest city, were unchanged on a monthly basis for the first time since December 2016. Prices also paused in nearby areas, including Oshawa and Hamilton, where home values have been driven up as high costs in Toronto pushed potential buyers elsewhere.
A rapid acceleration in Toronto home prices prompted the Ontario government to introduce a foreign buyers' tax and a number of other measures in April amid fears the market was becoming overheated. Toronto home sales have fallen since then.
Prices in Vancouver, where the British Columbia government imposed its own foreign buyers' tax last August, rose 1.5 percent, making the west coast city one of the top contributors to the national increase.
Activity in Vancouver initially cooled following last year's tax but the market has shown signs of recovery lately. Economists are watching to see whether Toronto will follow a similar path.