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VIX is a trademarked ticker symbol for the CBOE Volatility Index. It measures the predicted volatility of the stock market over a certain period in the future. According to Wikipedia, it was first developed and described by Menachem Brenner and Dan Galai in 1986. At that time, Professor Brenner, in addition to his work at New York University, participated alongside me as a market-maker on the floor of the New York Futures Exchange Trading Options on the New York Stock Exchange Index.

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Reuters have a recap of the Bank of Japan March meeting minutes
I posted the headlines etc. a lttle earlier
Reuters highlight the discussion at the Board on worsening consumer sentiment:

Some Bank of Japan officials expressed worries over signs of “adverse effects” of negative interest rates at their March policy meeting, underlining a sharp split among central bankers over the policy measure.
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It’s a PIMCO and ex-PIMCO Fed Forecast Festival
Bill Gross, now at Janus:
– “I’m not so sure that June is out”
– “Yellen, more than jobs, is focused on wages. At 2.5 percent, they’re moving up.”
Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz SE:

The dollar got off to a calm start on Monday following a choppy end to last week, while disappointing trade figures out of China barely dented.

Just posting this up for interest – its not FX.

           
The Economist on quantum computing
Its an interesting read.

ANZ’s measure of job vacancies for Australia (April)
ANZ comment:
– Hiring looks to be taking a breather
– Further significant inroads into the unemployment rate may be more difficult to achieve in the near term