U.S. inflation data will be top of the agenda in the week after recent very strong jobs data and could cause investors to ...

Prospects of sustained wage gains in Japan and the boost to import costs from a weak yen have heightened attention within the ...

A Bloomberg story that the Bank of Japan might lift its inflation forecast due to rice and the yen had an impact, sending the dollar lower vs. the yen. The question is whether the central bank lifts ...

Bank of Japan officials are likely to discuss raising their inflation outlook at a policy meeting later this month, although ...

JAPAN’S government will closely coordinate policy with the central bank as the economy is at a critical stage in shifting to ...

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks fell on Friday, marking a weak end to their first full trading week of 2025 as investors ...

Outlays adjusted for inflation fell 0.4% in November from a year earlier, led by household durable goods and clothing.

A wide range of Japanese firms see the need to continue raising wages due to structural labour shortages, the Bank of Japan ...

The BoJ is hoping to see a “virtuous” circle of wage increases and price rises so that Japan can escape from the ultra-low rates and inflation environment that has plagued it for years. The data on ...

More Japanese companies are seeing the need to offer pay increases, the Bank of Japan said, the latest sign that the economy ...

Wage hikes are broadening in Japan as structural labour shortages have made firms more aware of the need to keep hiking pay, ...