The Bank of Japan is now pointing the finger at chronic labour shortages—rather than sluggish demand—as the culprit behind its economic woes, hinting that interest rates could rise faster than a sushi ...

Volatility can signal investor fear but also offer an opportunity to clear minded buyers. Among professional portfolio managers, views vary on what action to take to protect their clients’ funds. Some ...

The yen is on track for its fourth straight weekly gain against the dollar as spending data on Friday added to signs that the ...

Japan's real gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to have risen an annualised 1.0% in October-December, according to a ...

Kong stocks strutted into their strongest weekly performance in four months, while the yen flexed its muscles on rising rate hike bets, and Amazon’s cloud dreams turned a bit stormy.

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labor shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

Japan should be on alert for any spillover effects from rising foreign market volatility that could affect liquidity ...

Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Asia-Pacific Department and its mission chief for ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to ...

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 ...

The dollar edged up on Thursday, but stayed close to recent lows, as traders weighed receding trade war risks and looked ...