The Bank of Japan is the central bank of Japan. The Bank is often called Nichigin for short.The Bank of Japan is headquartered in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, on the site of a former gold mint (the Kinza) and, not coincidentally, near the famous Ginza district, whose name means "silver mint".
Chairman: Masaaki Shirakawa
Current Voting Members: Hirohide Yamaguchi, Kohiko G. Nishimura, Sayuri Shirai, Ryuzo Miyao, Koji Ishida, Takahide Kiuchi, Takehiro Sato, Yoshihisa Morimoto
| SPX 500 Futures | 1,646.15 | -3.85 | -0.23% | |||
| NQ 100 Futures | 2,984.70 | -7.55 | -0.25% | |||
| US 30 | 15,292.50 | -2.00 | -0.01% | |||
| DAX | 8,305.32 | -46.66 | -0.56% | |||
| FTSE 100 | 6,654.34 | -42.45 | -0.63% | |||
| Japan 225 | 14,568.00 | +84.02 | +0.58% | |||
| US Dollar Index | 83.65 | -0.14 | -0.16% |
| Gold | 1,382.55 | -9.25 | -0.66% | |||
| Silver | 22.345 | -0.163 | -0.72% | |||
| Copper | 3.297 | -0.007 | -0.23% | |||
| Crude Oil | 93.95 | -0.30 | -0.32% | |||
| Natural Gas | 4.238 | -0.024 | -0.55% | |||
| US Cotton No.2 | 81.57 | -0.21 | -0.26% | |||
| US Coffee C | 127.05 | -3.83 | -2.92% |
| Euro Bund | 144.50 | -0.03 | -0.02% | |||
| Euro BTP | 114.51 | -0.85 | -0.74% | |||
| Euro BOBL | 126.376 | +0.015 | +0.01% | |||
| UK Gilt | 117.70 | +0.19 | +0.16% | |||
| US 2 YR T-Note | 110.23 | -0.01 | -0.01% | |||
| US 10 YR T-Note | 131.29 | 0.00 | 0.00% | |||
| US 30 YR T-Bond | 143.26 | +0.19 | +0.13% |
| Central Banks | Interest Rates | Next Meeting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FED | 0.00%-0.25% | Jun 19, 2013 | |||
| ECB | 0.50% | Jun 06, 2013 | |||
| BOE | 0.50% | Jun 06, 2013 | |||
| SNB | 0.00% | Jun 20, 2013 | |||
| RBA | 2.75% | Jun 04, 2013 | |||
| BOC | 1.00% | May 29, 2013 | |||
| RBNZ | 2.50% | Jun 12, 2013 | |||
| BOJ | 0.10% | May 22, 2013 | |||
