A festive mood is dominating even Prime Minister shinzo abe came to the ceremony that marked the end of trading for the year. Now the nikkei average climbed for a ninth straight session on monday at 16,291, up 0. 7 a percent and the topix up 0. 95 . Many say a big factor which has made tokyo stocks so strong is a set of policies Prime Minister abe has implemented dubbed abenomics to get the economy going again. Monetary easing, fiscal spending, and Growth Strategy aimed at pulling japan out of decades of deflation. On the back of these policies, of course, the yen has weakened significantly. The dollar traded at a fiveyear high and the euro was at its fiveyear high against japanese currency. This helped exportrelated issues. Now earlier, i spoke with head of japan equity strategy at bank of America Merrill lynch and asked about this years price movements and the outlook for 2014. The stock market was very good at the very start of this year. Mostly from abenomics. I mean, topdown polit
Prodemocracy protesters to clear out of key areas by monday local time. And it seems many have complied. The size of the crowd outside the chief Executives Office has shrunk dramatically, and Government Employees are able to return to work. But in other parts of the city many activists continue to defy the deadline. Are the two sides heading toward a stalemate . Kyung lah joins me from hong kong. I asked you that question about 24 hours ago, kyung, and it looked like they would. 24 hours later how does it look like you to . Reporter its theres been a little progress. That might be the best way to put it, natalie. You can see that the road that im standing on is somewhat empty but this has generally been the pattern throughout the day. Roads have been a bit emptier and as the day has gone on its gotten busier. But its not completely empty. Take a look. As you swing this way, you can see that there are still plenty of people out here. This is the man thoroughfare here in hong kong. So fo
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