prime minister shinzo abe has roda for a second term as bank of japan governor. the government wants to maintain the banks unprecedented monetary stimulus. this morning they said he is in no position to discuss the program. but he did reiterate japan's economy is recovering. kuroda's reappointment provides stability for japan. and with one thought likely to step down from the pboc, he presented unprecedented stimulus at the meeting in 2013, all of that with accelerated asset purchases 18 months later. by negativelowed rates in january 2016 and reduction in the yield curve control. the rba governor said he expects the next rate decision to be an increase. philip lowe said australia's labor market is noticeably stronger. and he sees household incomes rising for some time to come. let's monetary stimulus would be appropriate at some point. let's get a quick check on the markets. near session highs, -- 1.5%.s up one the nikkei just over 1.5%. utilities leading the way. up nearly 3% in terms of sectors, followed closely by information, technology, consumer discretiona

prime minister shinzo abe has roda for a second term as bank of japan governor.wants to maintain the banks unprecedented monetary stimulus. this morning they said he is in no position to discuss the program. but he did reiterate japan's economy is recovering. kuroda's reappointment provides stability for japan. and with one thought likely to step down from the pboc, he