{"id":63923,"date":"2014-11-19T01:49:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T06:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=63923"},"modified":"2014-11-19T05:49:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T10:49:02","slug":"snap-elections-in-japan-pressure-yen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2014\/11\/snap-elections-in-japan-pressure-yen\/","title":{"rendered":"Snap elections in Japan pressure yen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-2634079280\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">November 19, 2014<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p>Article by <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Tuesday the dissolution of the lower house and called snap elections for December, two years ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>At a news briefing, he said he would dissolve parliament later this week and was also delaying a planned but unpopular increase in sales tax.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Abe was elected two years ago with an ambitious plan to revive the economy, but has struggled to do so.<\/p>\n<p>His popularity has fallen but he is expected to win the election, which will take place in mid-December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will dissolve the lower house on 21 [November],\u201d Mr Abe said.<\/p><div id=\"inves-2851460690\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; float:left; color:#666;\">Free Reports:<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads\"> \r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/graph_techs_PD.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><b><u>Get Our Free Metatrader 4 Indicators<\/u><\/b><\/a> - Put Our Free MetaTrader 4 Custom Indicators on your charts when you join our Weekly Newsletter<\/p><br><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cot_pie_80.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><b><u>Get our Weekly Commitment of Traders Reports<\/u><\/b><\/a> - See where the biggest traders (Hedge Funds and Commercial Hedgers) are positioned in the futures markets on a weekly basis.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<br><\/div>\n<p>Mr Abe\u2019s party, the Liberal Democrats, already have a majority in the lower house, but analysts said Mr Abe hoped to consolidate power over an opposition party which is in disarray.<\/p>\n<p>He also wants public support to continue to press ahead with \u201cAbenomics\u201d, his ambitious plan to kick-start Japan\u2019s stagnant economic growth using heavy government spending and economic reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to hear the voice of the people,\u201d Mr Abe said. \u201cI will step down if we fail to keep our majority because that would mean our Abenomics is rejected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54242 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Forex-Time-Logo.png\" alt=\"Forex-Time-Logo\" width=\"262\" height=\"90\" \/><strong>Article by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ForexTime Ltd (FXTM)<\/strong> is an award winning international online forex broker regulated by CySEC 185\/12 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forextime.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.forextime.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article by ForexTime Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Tuesday the dissolution of the lower house and called snap elections for December, two years ahead of schedule. At a news briefing, he said he would dissolve parliament later this week and was also delaying a planned but unpopular increase in sales tax. 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