17 Quotes by Michiyoshi Kato

Now is a good yen-selling opportunity for Japanese importers.

An end to the super-easy policy is still an important milestone toward an end to the era of zero interest rates.

The bank's brighter outlook supports the view that the BOJ may cut the reserve target around April, laying ground for a rate hike later in the year. That could be a good enough excuse to buy the yen and sell the dollar when the Fed is nearing the end of its tightening cycle.

I just came in to do office paperwork. Markets are extremely quiet today. There's hardly any trading and volume must be less than a tenth of what's normal.

Investors are pretty much focused on the home sales figures today. Weaker data will reduce expectations for further rate hikes in the U.S.

Investors are focusing on the new home sales figures after housing starts were so strong. Strong numbers will surely raise expectations the Fed will lift rates, boosting the dollar.

The housing markets had been the U.S. economy's Achilles heel. Faced with strong housing data yesterday, some dollar-bears have surrendered.

The dollar still needs a series of strong economic indicators to be buoyed.