Japan Week Ahead: Markets Eye Impact of Japan-US Joint Action to Stop Yen from Falling Further as Rising Bond Yields Could Hurt Economic Growth while Inflation Persists
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Market participants are watching whether Japan’s currency intervention last week will have any lasting effect on keeping dollar bulls at bay amid concerns that rising long-term bond yields triggered by Tokyo’s large fiscal spending plans will spill over to boost borrowing costs in the United States. Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama […]
Japan PM Takaichi to Call General Elections to Seek Dual Fiscal Policy Mandate of Boosting Economic Stimulus, Restraining Debt Issuance
By Chikafumi Hodo TOKYO (MaceNews) – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has announced that she will dissolve the House of Representatives on Friday, seeking to justify with a dual fiscal policy mandate yet another snap election less than 16 months after her predecessor called and lost a majority. The conservative politician with right-wing views on […]
Japan Set to Have First Female Premier After LDP Leadership Victory -2-
By Chikafumi Hodo TOKYO (MaceNews) – Sanae Takaichi is poised to become Japan’s first female prime minister after winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election on Saturday. Known for her conservative, right-leaning views, Takaichi has previously called for increasing government borrowing to stimulate the economy and has signaled in her willingness to reopen trade […]
Italy’s Meloni Takes More Moderate Stance to Lure Bond Investors, Centrist Voters
By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews)- After more than a year in power, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is getting a ‘political makeover’ to take a more moderate stance and lure investors willing to support the country’s funding needs, say opposition forces. “She’s abandoning her neo-fascist rhetoric and revisiting her hard core, nationalist rightist policies in […]
Italy Puts Brakes on USD-Denominated Bond Issuance for Third Straight Year
—More retail, green bonds to come —Foreign markets not key at present By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – Rome’s rightist government is keeping new issuance of USD-denominated bonds on hold in 2024 for a third consecutive year in light of higher yields and the euro’s weakness, according to ruling coalition sources. Italy is less keen to […]
Rome Ready to Stop EU-wide Banking Reform If More Flexible Fiscal Rules Aren’t Adopted – Sources
By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – Italy’s rightist government is ready to block key European Union banking reforms if more flexible EU budget rules aren’t adopted in January, according to ruling coalition sources. Italy’s government wants clearer commitments from its EU partners to ease strict fiscal requirements under the Stability and Growth Pact or it […]
Support for Italian PM Drops Over Deteriorating Economic Outlook
–Little fiscal room for tax cuts — Govt to raise yearly debt issuance to €350bln By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – For the first time since her appointment as Italian prime minister one year ago, support for Giorgia Meloni is dropping as voters fear she will not deliver promised tax cuts amid a deteriorated outlook […]
Italy Aims for Tax Cuts for Low Earners in €30 Bln Budget Law; Scarce Resources and Thorny Spending Review Complicate Scenario
—Potential EU delay of new fiscal rules poses more trouble ahead By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – Italy’s government is working on a EUR30 billion budget plan for next year in a bid to cut income taxes for low earners but officials warn that resources are very limited and they worry that a potential delay in the […]
Italy’s Likely Rejection of the ESM Reform Would Leave Bank Contagion Risk Unaddressed in Euro Bloc – Italian Opposition Sources
–Italy Is Lone Holdout Opposing New Rules to Manage Bank Crisis By Silvia Marchetti ROME (MaceNews) – Italy’s likely rejection of the European Stability Mechanism reform plan, with its common backstop credit line for failing banks, leaves the Eurozone at risk of financial meltdown if a big bank falters, warned Italian opposition sources. The ruling […]
White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, May 3
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2023 In the morning, the President will receive the President’s Daily Brief. The Vice President will attend. This […]