By Tetsushi Kajimoto, Takaya Yamaguchi and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said he was closely watching how central bank decisions, including an expected end…
By Prerana Bhat and Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve will hold interest rates until at least July, later than earlier thought, according to a slim majority…
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Thursday the country’s economy was in “crisis”, stressing the need to forge ahead with his controversial 500 billion baht ($14.23…
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese government advisers will recommend economic growth targets for next year ranging from 4.5% to 5.5% to an annual policymakers’ meeting, as Beijing seeks…
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan may prefer to go slow in ending ultra-low interest rates, but the weak yen and risks of…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government will extend until the end of April next year subsidies aimed at curbing fuel prices, according to a draft of the government’s economic stimulus package…
By Clare Jim and Liangping Gao HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s troubled property market is showing little signs of a recovery in the short term despite a series of government…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan will likely keep interest rates ultra-low on Friday and reassure markets that monetary stimulus will stay, at least for now,…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Building permits for apartments in Germany fell 31.5% in July from a year earlier, the statistics office disclosed on Monday, highlighting a slump in demand plaguing the construction…
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee A star-studded line up of economic events in Asia on Tuesday has kept investors busy, and…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Asian markets will get key economic signals this week that…
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Asian share markets are looking to end July with a bang as hopes for…
By Summer Zhen HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global hedge funds snapped up Chinese equities following the politburo meeting this week, buying on Tuesday at their fastest pace since October 2022,…
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole It could have been worse, is about the best that can be said of China’s data…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China should shift the focus of its stimulus from investment to consumption and further loosen urban residency curbs to boost migrant workers’ spending power, a central bank…
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Sonali Desai Disappointment has been the prevailing sentiment so far this week as investors grow impatient with the…
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese exchange traded funds edged higher on Thursday, tracking gains in the Chinese markets after the central bank cut…
(Reuters) – China is considering at least a dozen stimulus measures including interest-rate reductions to support areas such as real estate and domestic demand, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday citing…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) should alter its massive monetary stimulus even though it may be painful for an economy accustomed…
By Brendan O’Boyle (Reuters) – Peru’s economic outlook is “very uncertain,” but strong economic fundamentals could provide a buffer against prevailing risks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday defended his decade-long stimulus programme, saying there was “no better way” to aim at sustainably achieving its 2% inflation…
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan is continuing large-scale monetary stimulus as the economy has not fully recovered from COVID-induced slump and as wage growth has lagged behind price…
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government needs to talk about fiscal measures for the 2024 budget to stimulate the economy, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Tuesday. “We will have…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will likely spend 25.1 trillion yen ($170 billion) in its upcoming economic stimulus package, the Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday. Including municipal government expenditures and…