“Youth are questioning Japan’s economic outlook,” said Yuya Kikkawa, an economist at Meiji Yasuda Research Institute. “Living conditions are far tougher than the headline inflation figure suggests.” The Bank of …
Meanwhile, China’s central bank has been on an easing trajectory, with its latest decision in February cutting 25 basis points from banks’ five-year loan prime rate (LPR), the largest shave …
The yen has been on a downtrend despite the BOJ’s decision on March 19 to end eight years of negative interest rates. Natanael Ginting | Istock | Getty Images Japanese …
Despite instructions from President Xi Jinping to resume the trading of central government bonds, China’s central bank is expected to take a cautious approach to mitigate unexpected consequences for inflation …
A worker of Japanese automobile giant Toyota Motor assembles auto parts to newly designed Crown at the company’s Motomachi plant in Toyota city near Nagoya, central Japan on July 30, …
The Bank of Japan headquarters is seen in Tokyo on January 30, 2017. The Bank of Japan will pull the plug on its eight-year negative interest rate policy in April, according …
The data depicts weakness in consumption, capital expenditure, public investment and home sales. The downshift in China, Japan’s top trading partner, does not augur well for exports going forward. All …
Japan is making progress towards completely overcoming deflation as “positive developments” not seen before in the economy are emerging to support this view, the government said on Tuesday. A policy …
The Federal Reserve will lower interest rates starting in March for a total of four times this year and inflation will hit the central bank’s 2 per cent target, according …
The brisk recovery has been a boon to Japan’s hotel investment market. Although hotels only account for 6 per cent of Asia’s commercial property transaction volumes, they comprised 15 per …