BOJ’s fresh take on labor crunch opens door for more rate hikes
The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labor shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...
IMF: BoJ likely to raise interest rates again this year
Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Asia-Pacific Department and its mission chief for ...
IMF expects BOJ to raise rates again this year, eye neutral level by end-2027
The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to ...
Trump's focus on 10-year Treasury yield to cut borrowing costs raises curiosity - and problems
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell may be breathing easier now that the Trump administration intends to focus on the 10-year Treasury yield, instead of rate cuts, to lower borrowing costs. But for ...
Stock Market Highlights: Nifty stalls at resistance, selling pressure hints at potential downturn. What's next on D-St
Stock Market LIVE Updates | Indian markets closed with little change on Wednesday as investors adopted a cautious approach ...
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Rupee records marginal decline against US dollar
The Pakistani rupee recorded a marginal decline against the US dollar, depreciating 0.07% in the inter-bank market on Thursday. At close, the currency settled at 279.15 for a loss of Re0.19 against ...
Closing Bell: Sensex extends losses to 2nd day, falls 213 points, Nifty below 23,650; Trent down 8%, Lodha 5%
Indian benchmark equity indices reduced their initial gains and were in negative territory on Thursday, influenced by ...
APAC Market Outlook 2025: Global Influences, Regional Opportunities
Australia’s economic outlook reflects a recovery in private demand following the challenges posed by high interest rates and ...
Hawkish BOJ policymaker urges raising rates to at least 1%
The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish ...
Kuroda Says BOJ to Stay on Rate Hike Path as Deflation Has Ended
Japan has “completely” ended deflation and it’s absolutely natural for the central bank to proceed with rate hikes to ...
USDJPY slip to over 3-week low; BOJ's Tamura says gradual rate hike necessary to contain upside risk to prices
Bank of Japans Tamura Naoki, Member of the Policy Board said he believes that, by the second half of fiscal 2025 -- when wage hikes resulting from annual wage negotiations, including among small and ...