A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be ...

USD/JPY rallies as Trump’s tariffs hit BoJ rate hike bets. Japan inflation, trade, and US data to guide pair’s next move.

USD/JPY and AUD/USD move on trade talk progress, US PPI data, and Aussie housing trends. Policy paths in Japan, US, and ...

Japan’s core inflation rate fell to 3.3% in June, offering some relief after hitting a 29-month high. The core inflation ...

Japans annual wholesale inflation slowed for the third straight month in June, reinforcing the Bank of Japans (BOJ) ...

Asian stock markets began Friday's session with modest gains, as a rally in global equities gained fresh momentum from strong ...

Germany's GfK consumer sentiment index is scheduled for Thursday. It is followed by Friday's release of the Ifo economic ...

Major central banks have hiked their policy rates in the face of surging inflation since the Covid-19 pandemic — but the Bank of Japan has been an outlier. It has stayed put despite headline and ...

Rising long-term Japanese government bond yields point to growing nervousness about the future – and not just inflation ...

Japans real wages plunged 2.9% in May from a year earlier, marking the sharpest decline in nearly two years, as inflation continued to outpace wage growth and weigh on household purchasing power, ...

Any measures to ease inflation in Japan must be speedy and shouldn’t impede the government’s ability to fund social services, Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday, in a ...

Polling suggests the LDP is on the cusp of an electoral drawdown. Ishiba’s approval rating is sub-21% — deep into bear market territory. And even if he tries to hold on by citing “ongoing tariff talks ...