Bank of Japan is now pointing the finger at chronic labor shortages—rather than sluggish demand—as the culprit behind its ...

Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies moved little on Friday, while the dollar steadied ahead of more cues on U.S. interest rates and the economy from key nonfarm payrolls data due later in the day.

The yen is on track for its fourth straight weekly gain against the dollar as spending data on Friday added to signs that the ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labor shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Asia-Pacific Department and its mission chief for ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to ...

Japan's upcoming spring wage discussions, also known as the "shunto" negotiations, will be in focus for investors watching the BOJ's interest rate moves. The negotiations will start some time in ...

Japan has “completely” ended deflation and it’s absolutely natural for the central bank to proceed with rate hikes to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan must raise short-term interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of fiscal 2025 to ...

Data showed that real wages in Japan rose for the second consecutive month in December, with nominal wage growth hitting a near three-decade high, driven by a surge in winter bonuses.

The Bank of Japan will continue to raise interest rates if underlying inflation accelerates toward its 2% target as projected ...