BlackRock joins Japan pullout; Abenomics blamed
Economic reports are deteriorating, stimulus from the BOJ backfire and the yen's surge is pressuring exporters
Tokyo
FOR global equity investors and Shinzo Abe, it's splitsville.
Starting in the first days of 2016, foreign traders have been pulling out of Tokyo's stock market for 13 straight weeks, the longest stretch since 1998. Overseas traders dumped US$46 billion of shares as economic reports deteriorated, stimulus from the Bank of Japan backfired and the yen's surge pressured exporters. The benchmark Topix index is down 18 per cent in 2016, the world's steepest declines behind Italy.
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