The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labor shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Asia-Pacific Department and its mission chief for ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to ...

The yen could strengthen beyond 150 against the dollar as the BOJ moves against the global tide of rate cuts, said SMBC Nikko Securities.

The yen climbed to a nine-week high as market players piled on bets for more interest rate hikes in Japan this year, while ...

Japanese household spending rose for the first time in five months in year-on-year terms in December and at a much ...

Consumer spending climbed 2.7% in December from a year earlier, data from the internal affairs ministry showed on Friday, ...

AUD/USD extends its consolidative price move and remains below the 0.6300 mark on Friday amid mixed cues. Bets that the RBA ...

Japan's upcoming spring wage discussions, also known as the "shunto" negotiations, will be in focus for investors watching ...

The more President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on the U.S.’s trading partners, the more the worry of another inflation ...

The yen touched an eight-week high versus the dollar on Thursday after a Bank of Japan policy board member advocated ...