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INTEREST RATES

The People's Bank of China Gov. Pan Gongsheng addresses the Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai on June 18. The nation's central bank is resisting the global habit of cutting rates as insurance against economic risks.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2025
Don¡¯t fight the fed. But is China worth a shot?
While the PBOC can¡¯t shake the global economy in quite the same way, and doesn¡¯t have the same independence as the Fed, its sway is significant.
The European Central Bank has signaled the need for coordinated fiscal and monetary efforts, with expectations for rate cuts amid rising inflation.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 27, 2024
Winter is coming for the euro in more ways than one
The European Central Bank has signaled the need for coordinated fiscal and monetary efforts, with expectations for rate cuts amid rising inflation.
Many on the Bank of Japan board highlighted the need to scrutinize market developments in determining whether the economy can weather higher borrowing costs, a summary of opinions from October meeting shows.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 11, 2024
BOJ divided on rate hike timing, October summary shows
Many highlighted the need to scrutinize market developments, particularly yen moves, in determining whether the economy can weather higher borrowing costs.
The U.S. Federal Reserve's cutting of the federal funds rate from 5.3% to a range of 4.75-5%, its first monetary-easing cycle in over four years, has provided China with greater flexibility to stimulate its struggling economy.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 10, 2024
What U.S. interest-rate cuts mean for China
The Fed¡¯s easing cycle means lower debt burdens and higher liquidity, allowing countries to cut rates without fearing excessive capital outflows.
A television station broadcasts U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Chair Jerome Powell speaking in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Aug 24, 2024
Powell¡¯s Fed not shy about election-year cuts and ready to defend job market
The Fed chief sent a strong signal that the central bank will start cutting interest rates in mid-September, roughly seven weeks before the Nov. 5 election.
A return to the world with interest will almost certainly mean an increase in the bifurcation of Japan's haves and have-nots.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2024
Is Japan ready for a ¡®world with interest?¡¯
Ever since Ueda arrived at the central bank 15 months ago, economists have been debating what the ¡°world with interest¡± will look like.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda (center), Bank of Italy Gov. Fabio Panetta (left) and Italy's Minister of Economy and Finance Giancarlo Giorgetti at the Group of Seven finance chiefs and central bankers' meeting in Stresa on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 26, 2024
Bank of Japan refrains from warning against yield rise to 12-year high
The BOJ ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its radical monetary stimulus in March.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda attends a news conference after a policy meeting at BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on March 19.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 20, 2024
BOJ¡¯s Ueda says ¡®very likely¡¯ to hike rates if inflation keeps rising
The BOJ must maintain loose monetary policy for the time being as underlying inflation remains ¡°somewhat below¡± its 2% target, Gov. Kazuo Ueda said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 18, 2022
Fed vows unconditional inflation war with ¡®whatever it takes¡¯
The Federal Reserve has signaled that the rising risk of recession will not stop its battle to bring down searing inflation that¡¯s punishing American households.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 16, 2022
Jerome Powell took Ben Bernanke¡¯s advice a bit too far
The former Fed chief Bernanke had a famous recipe for setting monetary policy that relied heavily on communication. Officials today would do well to scale it back.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2021
Investors bet Jerome Powell¡¯s Fed will get more aggressive on inflation
Calls for the Fed to normalize monetary policy more aggressively are now coming from some of the central bank¡¯s own policymakers, reinforcing many investors¡¯ views.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2020
Bank of Japan takes less gloomy view but keeps things ultra-loose
The bank¡¯s upgrade of its economic assessment was the first since the virus hit, reflecting a bottoming of Japan¡¯s slump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2020
Fed vows to keep interest rates near zero until inflation rises
The Federal Reserve kept interest rates pinned near zero on Wednesday and made a bold, new promise: to keep them there until inflation is on track to ¡°moderately exceed¡± the U.S. central bank¡¯s 2 percent inflation target ¡°for some time.¡±
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2020
The Fed¡¯s barrage faces some obstacles to success
The U.S. central bank¡¯s intervention carries the risk of backfiring.
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2019
Daiwa to expand REIT business as low rates persist
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. is expanding its real estate investment trust business as low interest rates continue to drive investors into domestic property funds.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 16, 2019
Economists predict Bank of Japan will stand pat this week after Abe stimulus
The Bank of Japan will leave monetary policy unchanged this week, and probably for much longer, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled a stimulus package to bolster growth, according to a Bloomberg survey.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 23, 2019
Low interest rates, high credit costs push Japanese regional banks into deeper financial woes
Regional banks nationwide fell into deeper financial difficulty in their fiscal first half due to prolonged low interest rates and higher credit costs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 11, 2019
BOJ members voiced concerns about ability to hit inflation target, minutes of October meeting show
Some on the nine-member board insisted on the need to communicate to markets that the BOJ would maintain loose monetary policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 31, 2019
Fed cuts rates again to weather China-U.S. trade war but signals more tentative mood
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest rates for the third time this year to ensure the U.S. economy weathers its trade war without slipping into a recession, but signaled it will leave borrowing costs where they are unless things take a material turn for the worse.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 2, 2019
Trump blasts Fed after manufacturing data stoke fears of sharp slide due to trade war
U.S. President Donald Trump once again lashed out at the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, this time in the wake of weak data on the manufacturing sector, saying the central bank has kept interest rates ¡°too high¡± and that a strong dollar is hurting U.S. factories.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
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Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
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Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
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The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
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Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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