TOKYO - Japan must act immediately to improve its fiscal health as the risks of natural disasters mount and social security ...

The BOJ's increasing focus on wage-driven inflation is another sign Japan is shedding its 25-year battle with deflation and ...

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The yuan sank as a new trade war with the US shook Chinese markets returning from an extended Lunar New Year break, while the ...

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The first central bank meetings of 2025 suggest it will be a year in which policymakers go their own way as economic paths diverge, as the United States holds interest rates ...

In Japan, the yen was last a touch stronger at 154.19 per dollar, having already climbed more than 1% for the week thus far.

Some Bank of Japan policymakers began to lose faith in the power of former Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's "bazooka" stimulus less ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Global economic policymakers had been braced for an economic firestorm from the new U.S. administration ...

The Bank of Japan's transition to clear guidance on interest rates, similar to the U.S. Federal Reserve, may be temporary due to market influence concerns. Policymakers are wary of being overly ...

Wall Street is pointing slightly lower in early trading but is on track to close the week with solid gains on healthy quarterly earnings reports from large U.S. corporations ...

The board decided to raise the BOJ's short-term policy rate to 0.5% from 0.25% by an 8-1 vote. Board member Toyoaki Nakamura dissented to the decision. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda is scheduled to hold ...

The U.S. House has passed the Laken Riley Act, which requires Homeland Security to detain undocumented migrants who are charged with certain crimes. ICE arrests more than 530 migrants in one day ...