TOKYO: Japan's three biggest banks forecast record income in the coming year on Wednesday (May 15), signalling increased optimism about an economy that has only just exited from years of negative interest rates.
TOKYO: Japan's three biggest banks forecast record income in the coming year on Wednesday , signalling increased optimism about an economy that has only just exited from years of negative interest rates.
"We are entering a world with interest rates, which is a plus for us," MUFG's group chief executive, Hironori Kamezawa, told reporters. Likewise, second-ranked SMFG forecast a record full-year net profit of ¥1.06 trillion - the first time it will exceed the ¥1 trillion mark - and third-ranked Mizuho a record ¥750 billion. Both of those forecasts represent a 10 per cent increase on the year just ended.The question now is how much banks can benefit from improving demand for deals and higher interest rates to come at home.
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