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e appreciation of the yen, once again pushing the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ’s) 2% inflation target further into the futu

u of Labor Statistics BOE: Bank of England BOJ: Bank of Japan CAGR: compound annual growth rate CDS: credit de

ctor Matheus Dibo Vice President Mary Catherine Rich Vice President This material represents the view

rowing disparity of income and wealth between the rich and the poor (Chart 2), and the loss of national

75 70 65 60 55 50 1/1/2010 5/1/2011 8/4/2012 = 1/1/2014) 5/1/2015 = 9/1/2016 Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research true against the JPY given the Bank of Japan is pegging 10y JGB yields at zero. We are cognizant of the possibility that the willingness of Japanese investors — who have already bought record am

la variance as investors can avoid paying for the rich HSCEI convexity below the 70% barrier. The trade

last week’s biggest losers were Korea’s KOSPI and India’s NIFTY, which each returned -0.8% week-over-week. In Japan, the Nikkei fell 0.3%. On Friday, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) left its monetary policy unchanged—it will continue to control the yield curve via its negative benchmark rate and its asset purchasing program

would advise a tilt in EM portfolios toward cash-rich and faster- growing Asia. Emerging market countr

should profit in the medium term. e Longer-term debt issues and weak competitiveness of major exporters are hurting the Japanese economy. Therefore the Bank of Japan and Ministry of Finance will maintain an expansive policy and continue to try weaken the JPY. However, current positive growth dynamics are supportiv

Foreign Exchange We remain underweight the Japanese yen. The Japanese economy continues to weaken against its peers, leading to rising pressure for the Bank of Japan to engage in further quantitative easing. We have closed our preference for the Canadian dollar following its recent strength, and therefore close ou

would advise that EM portfolios tilt toward cash-rich and faster- growing Asia. Country preferences wi