New BOJ board member Koeda says real interest rates very low
New Bank of Japan board member Junko Koeda said the country's real interest rates are currently "extremely low," as inflation accelerates backed by solid growth in wages. While she declined to comment ...
Japan’s currency was one of the first challengers to the U.S. dollar—why 90s predictions of a ‘yen bloc’ fell apart
Journalists in the 1980s and 1990s worried about the death of dollar dominance. Paul Blustein explains why the yen failed to ...
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Japan's economy grew at a 2.2% annual rate in Oct-Dec, as consumers held back on spending
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s has cut its estimate for its economic growth in the last quarter of the year to a 2.2% annual pace from 2.8% as consumer spending hit demand. The Cabinet Office said ...
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Japan revises fourth-quarter GDP lower, complicating BOJ's interest rate outlook
Japan's economy grew 2.2% on an annualized basis in the fourth quarter, a slower pace than initially reported, complicating the central bank's case for a near-term interest rate hike as tepid ...
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Democratic Party's image in weakest position since Reagan-Bush era, CNN political analyst says
I mean, the image of the party is probably in a weaker position than at any point since I think the 1980s, the Reagan and George H.W. Bush era," Brownstein told CNN's Audie Cornish. Cornish and ...