The immediate consequences of Trump’s election will be more meaningful for the Bank of Japan. Policy board members have long indicated that excessive yen weakness would prompt an earlier rate rise.
The USD/JPY pair declined modestly at the start of Thursday’s trading session, trading at 155.91 after reaching its highest ...
His remarks highlight how concern over the demerits of a weak yen will remain a key topic of debate among politicians.
Japan's third-largest lender by assets reported a group net profit of 277 billion yen ($1.78 billion) for the July-September ...
The current account measures exports and imports, as well as other cross-border flows including salaries and investment ...
Yen weakened slightly against most other G-10 and Asian currencies in the morning session.
JGBs fell in the morning Tokyo session, tracking overnight price declines in U.S. Treasurys.
Japan's wholesale inflation accelerated in October as renewed yen falls pushed up import costs for some goods, data showed on Wednesday, complicating the central bank's decision on how soon to raise ...
The differential in global interest rates is a major driver in the ebb and flow of investment capital—and unexpected policy ...
The Japanese Producer Price Index (PPI) rose by 3.4% YoY in October from an upwardly revised 3.1% in the previous month and above the 3.0% expected. On month, PPI rose by 0.2% from an upwardly-revised ...