The price Japanese companies charge each other for services rose 3.0% in June from a year earlier, data showed on Thursday, the fastest pace in more than nine years
July 24, 2024
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday cut Japan's economic growth forecast for this year due, citing temporary auto output disruptions and weak private
July 16, 2024
The Bank of Japan should more clearly indicate its resolve to normalise monetary policy, including through steady interest rate hikes, senior ruling party official
July 22, 2024
Japan's government cut this year's growth forecast on Friday as consumption took a hit from rising import costs due to a weak yen, highlighting the fragile nature of
July 19, 2024
Japan's core inflation accelerated for a second straight month in June, data showed on Friday, extending a more than two-year run above the central bank's 2% target
July 18, 2024
Japan stands ready to take all possible measures to counter excessively volatile currency moves, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday, keeping
July 16, 2024
Nearly 90% of Japanese households expect prices to rise a year from now, a quarterly central bank survey showed on Friday, a sign of heightening
July 12, 2024
The Bank of Japan will likely trim this year's economic growth forecast in July but project inflation will stay around its 2% target in coming years, sources said,
July 10, 2024
Japan's wholesale inflation accelerated in June as the yen's declines pushed up the cost of raw material imports, data showed on Wednesday, keeping alive market
July 09, 2024
Some market players called on the Bank of Japan to slow its bond buying to roughly half the current pace under a scheduled tapering plan due out this month, the
July 09, 2024
The Bank of Japan said wage hikes were broadening across the economy due to tight labour market conditions, signalling its confidence the country was making progress
July 08, 2024
The Bank of Japan will highlight how wage hikes are broadening across companies, including at smaller firms, in a report later this month, sources familiar with its
July 05, 2024
Manufacturing activity in Europe suffered a setback last month but Asian factories enjoyed solid momentum, offering policymakers some hope
July 01, 2024
Japan downgraded first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) on Monday and the service-sector business mood soured in June on concerns over rising costs, offseting a
June 30, 2024
Japanese authorities are facing renewed pressure to combat a sustained depreciation in the yen, as traders drive down the currency on expectations that any further
March 28, 2024Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in June on rising fuel bills and the boost to import costs from a weak yen, data showed on Friday, keeping alive
June 27, 2024
A rare unscheduled revision to Japan's first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) may lead to a sharp downgrade, possibly affecting the central bank's growth
June 26, 2024
The Bank of Japan is dropping signals its quantitative tightening (QT) plan in July could be bigger than markets think, and may even be accompanied by an interest rate
June 25, 2024
Japanese households are bearing the brunt of the central bank's snail-pace normalisation of loose monetary policy which is giving investors a perfect excuse to push
July 03, 2024
The Bank of Japan debated in June the chance of a near-term interest rate hike with one policymaker calling for an increase "without too much delay" to address risks
July 03, 2024
Japan's large manufacturers saw exchange rate stability as the biggest factor they wanted out of the central bank's monetary policy, a Bank of Japan survey showed on
June 04, 2024Japanese financial institutions' profitability has decreased significantly in the past 25 years, making them vulnerable to potential losses from any sharp rises in
July 02, 2024
Japan's core inflation accelerated in May due to energy levies but an index that strips away the effect of fuel slowed for the ninth straight month, data showed on
June 20, 2024
Bank of Japan policymakers debated the impact a weak yen could have on prices, with some flagging the chance of raising interest rates sooner than expected if
July 01, 2024
The price Japanese companies charge each other for services with high labour costs rose 2.8% in April from a year earlier, the fastest increase in nearly four years,
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