TOKYO — With the Nikkei 225 surging to 34-year highs, the conventional wisdom is that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) now has greater confidence — and political cover — to raise interest rates and end decades of quantitative easing (QE). But what if the opposite is true? Might the Nikkei boom luring tidal waves of […]
Why the BOJ won’t rain on the Nikkei’s parade
BOJ Governor Ueda was expected to raise rates and end QE but a stock market surge and political risk have been cause for pause