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US Coast Guard C202 G5 departed San Salvador, El Salvador Int'l Aiport ne after an overnight
This AC departed JBA on 1213 to Panama Pacifico Airport for overnight
1214 depart for San Salvador
FILAR53 US Navy E-6B Mercury ws from Barksdale AFB
Some Navy Brass going to New Delhi and a Global Hawk drone out of Malta heading ne which will be aloft for several hours.
VV100 US Navy G5 begins descent from 45k/ft for New Delhi-departed Manama, Bahrain after an overnight-inbound from Marseille, France ground stop after a JBA depart yesterday
Was also used from JBA to New York Stewart Airport and back for Sunday's Army/Navy game.
FORTE10 USAF Global Hawk drone out of Malta appeared off Sicily and ne crossing the Greek coast heading into Bulgaria
BOJ loads up $6 billion in ammunition in rare move to combat market turmoil
The Bank of Japan will tap $6 billion in cash from a government account in a rare arrangement to ensure it has enough ammunition to combat any market disruptions caused by a recent resurgence in coronavirus infections.
Under the arrangement announced on Wednesday, the central bank will buy dollar cash from the Ministry of Finance any time through to the end of March next year at the prevailing market exchange rate at the time. It will be the first time the BOJ will buy dollars outright from the MOF, underscoring the bank’s caution over the risk of renewed dollar-funding strains heading into the end of the year.
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The move is “in preparation for smoother execution of the Bank of Japan’s operations, such as international financial cooperation and foreign currency supply to financial institutions,” the BOJ said in the statement. The decision will likely give the BOJ flexibility to address any dollar shortages domestic financial institutions face ahead of the year-end and the March closure of Japan’s fiscal year. “Dollar funding is not a problem now, but perhaps it could become a problem in the future. This is a reasonable move for the BOJ,” said Tohru Sasaki, head of Japan markets research at JP Morgan Securities. “In the past, the BOJ has relied on the Federal Reserve. But if they do this transaction with the finance ministry they don’t have to rely on the Fed,” he said. The MOF currently holds $1.3 trillion in foreign currencies as well as foreign currency-denominated deposits and securities. The BOJ, along with other major central banks, have dollar swap arrangements with the Fed, which was put in place to deal with the global financial crisis a decade ago.
https://www.reuters.com/article/japan-economy-boj-mof/update-3-boj-loads-up-6-bln-in-ammunition-in-rare-move-to-combat-market-turmoil-idUSL1N2IW010