Japan's government on Friday brushed aside rare and explicit comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who said the ...

Rising Japanese rates and Fed cut pressure are narrowing 10-year spreads, signaling possible USD/JPY weakness and Yen ...

Bessent mentioned that he had spoken with BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda. "My opinion, not his — they're behind the curve. So ...

The slowdown was attributed to lower energy prices but inflation on goods items remained strong, said Junya Takemoto, senior ...

Gross domestic product grew at an annualized pace of 1% in the three months through June from the prior period, surpassing ...

Pressure is mounting within the Bank of Japan to ditch a vaguely defined gauge of inflation as worries about second-round ...

They’re behind the curve,” Bessent told Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, noting that that was his opinion, and that he discussed ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized the Bank of Japan’s cautious approach to raising interest rates, saying it was ...

The yen is rising for the third consecutive session, apparently boosted by calls from the US Treasury Secretary for the Bank ...

JAMAICA’S annual inflation rate has dipped below the Bank of Jamaica’s (BOJ) 4 to 6 per cent target band for a ...

Despite a solid H1, we maintain our 2025 growth forecast at 0.8%, as downside growth risks to activity may start to kick in ...

Japan’s Nikkei 225 and TOPIX indexes remained key outperformers in Asia, rising 0.8% and 0.5%, respectively, while also ...