[Free Webinar co-sponsored by JPMorgan] Global Economic Outlook and Market Update
JPMorgan Chase Bank, JCCI NY & Nippon Club Present
JPMorgan Chase Bank, JCCI NY & Nippon Club is pleased to present a joint Zoom webinar with Tohru Sasaki, Head of Japan Market Research, for an update on the global economic and FX landscape and how Japan is managing its ongoing recovery and curbing high inflation.
■ Tuesday, October 10, 2023
■ 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET (Zoom)
■ Admission: Free
*lease note this webinar will be conducted in Japanese with automated English captions
Tohru SASAKI
Managing Director Head of Japan Markets Research
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N. A. Tokyo
Mr. Tohru Sasaki is a Managing Director and Head of Japan Markets Research with JPMorgan Chase Bank, Tokyo. Prior to joining JPMorgan in April 2003, he held several positions with Bank of Japan, where he had worked since 1992. Mr. Sasaki served as a BOJ Representative of the Americas (NY office) between 2000 and 2003 where he was responsible for exchanging market information and views with Federal Reserve Bank of New York and other U.S. financial authorities. He also worked as a senior trader of the Foreign Exchange division at the Bank of Japan Tokyo office between 1994 and 1997, where his responsibilities included the execution of the foreign exchange intervention and the provision of foreign exchange market analysis to senior policymakers.
Mr. Sasaki began his career in the Research and Statistics Division at the Bank of Japan in 1992 after receiving his B.A. from Sophia University. He is a Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan and Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan. Mr. Sasaki is author of “Strong currency in a Weak country (in Japanese language)”, Nikkei Publishing Inc., Oct. 2011 and “Why salary increases may not be enough to beat inflation (in Japanese language)”, Diamond Inc., Apr. 2013. He was ranked the #1 FX strategist by Nikkei in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and was also ranked the #1 Japan Currency & Foreign Exchange analyst in Institutional Investor’s 2019 survey.
