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The WSJ Dollar Index Rises 0.2% to 99.16
The Wall Street Journal· 5 hours agoNEWSPLUS The WSJ Dollar Index is up 0.16 point or 0.16% today to 99.16 —Largest one-day point and percentage gain since Tuesday, May 7, 2024 —Snaps a...
Japan’s Economy Shrinks Again as Inflation Hits Consumers’ Pocketbooks
The Wall Street Journal· 22 hours agoTOKYO—The Japanese economy contracted in the first quarter of 2024, extending a rough patch and...
BOJ Slips Backward on Diversity With All Male Executive Lineup
Bloomberg· 4 days agoThe Bank of Japan fell further behind its global peers on efforts to promote gender equality as it...
UPDATE 4-Big Japan banks forecast record profits, signal optimism as domestic rates normalise
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoJapan's three biggest banks forecast record income in the coming year on Wednesday, signalling increased optimism about an economy that has only just exited from years of negative interest rates ...
Japan on track to normalise monetary policy, says ruling party heavyweight
Reuters· 4 days agoJapan is seeing conditions fall in place for the central bank to normalise monetary policy, ruling...
Exploring Top Dividend Stocks In Japan May 2024
Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoAs of May 2024, Japan's financial markets are experiencing subtle shifts, with the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX indices showing marginal weekly losses amidst...
BIS, Central Banks, IIF Request Financial Institutions To Join Project Agorá, Focused On...
Crowdfund Insider· 2 days agoProject Agorá, launched by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and others, is requesting...
Japan’s economy shrinks on weak consumer spending, auto woes
KFDX Wichita Falls· 23 hours agoTOKYO (AP) — The Japanese economy shrank at an annual rate of 2% in the first quarter of this year, as consumption and exports declined, the government said Thursday. Although unemployment has stay…
JGB yields fall as US inflation cools, Japan economy contracts
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 19 hours agoJapanese government bond (JGB) yields fell on Thursday, as soft U.S. inflation data and a bigger-than-expected contraction in the Japanese economy created fresh challenges for policymakers' ...
Japan's yen falls to 1990 lows, dollar/yen nears 155
StreetInsider· 10 hours agoThe decline in the yen comes after a string of strong U.S. inflation data pushed the dollar to five-month highs and reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve is unlikely to be in a rush ...