The last three months have seen big swings in the world’s stock markets. Over that period, the performance of five of the most important has been as follows: Europe +10 per cent, UK +6 per cent, China ...

At its core, the IMF exists to maintain a global division of labour (GDL) that serves the interests of advanced ...

A Bank of America (BofA) survey reveals a renewed surge in investor confidence in Chinese equities, marking the highest level of optimism in years. However, Japan remains the most favored market, ...

European shares struggled for direction on Wednesday while U.S. futures ticked up after a selloff on Wall Street, as ...

Fitch added its name to a slew of prominent forecasters downgrading the outlook for world economic growth and pushed up its expectations for U.S. inflation. The ratings agency cut its U.S. 2025 growth ...

In a widely expected move, the Japanese central bank maintained its target for the overnight call rate at 0.5%. The BOJ made its third rate hike in late January after ending the world's last negative ...

TOKYO--Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda has grown more cautious about policy uncertainty abroad, especially around the impact of U.S. tariffs, but continues to have an upbeat view on the domestic economy ...

The Bank of Japan held interest rates steady at 0.50%, as expected. The yen weakened to 149.79 per U.S. dollar following the ...

Following its third rate increase in January, the Bank of Japan held its key short-term interest rate steady at around 0.5% ...

As widely expected, the board decided to keep the BOJ's short-term policy rate unchanged at 0.5% by a unanimous vote. BOJ ...

The Bank of Japan is set to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, as policymakers spend more time gauging how prospects ...

Global Finance: You oversee Aflac’s investment portfolio of about $100 billion, the bulk of which is in Japan, where the ...