thejapantimes, 16 hours ago to business Japan's benchmark government bond yield climbed to the highest since 2013 as many expect the central bank is committed to normalizing interest rates and supporting the struggling yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/20/markets/japan-10-year-bond-yield-record-high/ #business #markets #bonds #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation
Japan's benchmark government bond yield climbed to the highest since 2013 as many expect the central bank is committed to normalizing interest rates and supporting the struggling yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/20/markets/japan-10-year-bond-yield-record-high/ #business #markets #bonds #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation
thejapantimes, 1 day ago to business From New York to London to Tokyo, if there’s one similarity among the world’s equity markets it’s this: record highs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/19/markets/global-stock-market-records/ #business #markets #globaleconomy #stocks #investments
From New York to London to Tokyo, if there’s one similarity among the world’s equity markets it’s this: record highs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/19/markets/global-stock-market-records/ #business #markets #globaleconomy #stocks #investments
thejapantimes, 2 days ago to business The gulf between interest rates in the U.S. and Japan means traders are still betting against the yen — even after authorities likely intervened in recent weeks to prop up the beleaguered currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/18/markets/short-yen-us-japan-rate-gap/ #business #markets #yen #us #interestrates #currencies
The gulf between interest rates in the U.S. and Japan means traders are still betting against the yen — even after authorities likely intervened in recent weeks to prop up the beleaguered currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/18/markets/short-yen-us-japan-rate-gap/ #business #markets #yen #us #interestrates #currencies
thejapantimes, 4 days ago to business As the United States intensifies efforts to reduce trade with China by hiking tariffs, it has greatly boosted imports from Vietnam, data shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/16/markets/us-china-tariffs-imports-vietnam/ #business #markets #us #china #vietnam #trade
As the United States intensifies efforts to reduce trade with China by hiking tariffs, it has greatly boosted imports from Vietnam, data shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/16/markets/us-china-tariffs-imports-vietnam/ #business #markets #us #china #vietnam #trade
thejapantimes, 5 days ago to business U.S. President Joe Biden’s sweeping tariff hikes on a range of Chinese imports are just the latest in a years-long campaign that is rewiring Asian trade routes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/16/markets/us-global-supply-chains/ #business #markets #us #shipping #trade #china #asia
U.S. President Joe Biden’s sweeping tariff hikes on a range of Chinese imports are just the latest in a years-long campaign that is rewiring Asian trade routes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/16/markets/us-global-supply-chains/ #business #markets #us #shipping #trade #china #asia
thejapantimes, 5 days ago to business Japanese companies are increasing dividends and share buybacks at a record pace, providing support to a market that was on the verge of a correction and responding to pressure from the Tokyo Stock Exchange to improve capital efficiency and valuations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/15/markets/record-dividends-buybacks-anchor-for-japanese-stocks/ #business #markets #stocks #japaneseeconomy #tse
Japanese companies are increasing dividends and share buybacks at a record pace, providing support to a market that was on the verge of a correction and responding to pressure from the Tokyo Stock Exchange to improve capital efficiency and valuations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/15/markets/record-dividends-buybacks-anchor-for-japanese-stocks/ #business #markets #stocks #japaneseeconomy #tse
thejapantimes, 7 days ago to business BlackRock's head of Japan active investments warns that investing in Japanese stocks will become harder if the yen continues to weaken. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/13/markets/weak-yen-drives-foreign-investors-away/ #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #investments #stocks
BlackRock's head of Japan active investments warns that investing in Japanese stocks will become harder if the yen continues to weaken. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/13/markets/weak-yen-drives-foreign-investors-away/ #business #markets #yen #dollar #forex #investments #stocks
thejapantimes, 7 days ago to business As the yen plumbs new lows, some investors are pondering an almost unthinkable scenario in a region busy bolstering falling exchange rates — a series of competitive devaluations that starts a new Asian currency war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/13/markets/weak-yen-asia-currency-war/ #business #markets #yen #forex #japaneseeconomy
As the yen plumbs new lows, some investors are pondering an almost unthinkable scenario in a region busy bolstering falling exchange rates — a series of competitive devaluations that starts a new Asian currency war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/13/markets/weak-yen-asia-currency-war/ #business #markets #yen #forex #japaneseeconomy
thejapantimes, 11 days ago to business Hong Kong is turning to oil-rich Saudi Arabia for new funds to help offset a growing list of challenges facing its stock market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/markets/hong-kong-saudi-stock-market/ #business #markets
Hong Kong is turning to oil-rich Saudi Arabia for new funds to help offset a growing list of challenges facing its stock market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/markets/hong-kong-saudi-stock-market/ #business #markets
major, 11 days ago to Finance Spending on Social Security + Medicare exceed defense spending in the USA. At some point, we will have a reckoning here. Politicians keep kicking the can down the road. #markets #finance #economics #health
Spending on Social Security + Medicare exceed defense spending in the USA.
At some point, we will have a reckoning here. Politicians keep kicking the can down the road.
#markets #finance #economics #health
major, 11 days ago to Economics Selling a home right now in the USA sure is difficult. Property values are up, interest rates are high, and mortgage applications are very low. To make matters worse, more mortgages in some areas are "underwater" -- the value of the home is well below what is owed to the bank on the mortgage. #economics #markets #finance image/png
Selling a home right now in the USA sure is difficult. Property values are up, interest rates are high, and mortgage applications are very low.
To make matters worse, more mortgages in some areas are "underwater" -- the value of the home is well below what is owed to the bank on the mortgage.
#economics #markets #finance
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thejapantimes, 11 days ago to business Cocoa and coffee have become intertwined this year, with extreme weather and shortages fueling rallies of both commodities that test the limits of traders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/markets/cocoa-volatility-coffee-market/ #business #markets #cocoa #chocolate #coffee
Cocoa and coffee have become intertwined this year, with extreme weather and shortages fueling rallies of both commodities that test the limits of traders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/markets/cocoa-volatility-coffee-market/ #business #markets #cocoa #chocolate #coffee
thejapantimes, 11 days ago to business The groundswell of complaints about China’s factory output keeps getting louder, but there’s no sign Beijing is ready for fixes that might backfire on its vulnerable economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/markets/china-factory-glut/ #business #markets #china #eu #electricvehicles #factories #trade #europe
The groundswell of complaints about China’s factory output keeps getting louder, but there’s no sign Beijing is ready for fixes that might backfire on its vulnerable economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/markets/china-factory-glut/ #business #markets #china #eu #electricvehicles #factories #trade #europe
thejapantimes, 13 days ago to business Japan may have to take action against any disorderly, speculative-driven foreign exchange moves, the government's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Tuesday, reinforcing Tokyo's readiness to intervene again to support a fragile yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/07/markets/japan-forex-chief-warning-on-yen/ #business #markets #yen #forex #masatokanda #financeministry #japaneseeconomy
Japan may have to take action against any disorderly, speculative-driven foreign exchange moves, the government's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Tuesday, reinforcing Tokyo's readiness to intervene again to support a fragile yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/07/markets/japan-forex-chief-warning-on-yen/ #business #markets #yen #forex #masatokanda #financeministry #japaneseeconomy
thejapantimes, 14 days ago to business Large and regional banks in Japan raised their interest rates on ordinary deposits in March or April for the first time in about 17 years, following the Bank of Japan's lifting of its negative interest rate policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/06/markets/banks-raise-rates-after-boj-action/ #business #markets #boj #yen #currencies #banks
Large and regional banks in Japan raised their interest rates on ordinary deposits in March or April for the first time in about 17 years, following the Bank of Japan's lifting of its negative interest rate policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/06/markets/banks-raise-rates-after-boj-action/ #business #markets #boj #yen #currencies #banks
thejapantimes, 14 days ago to business Fresh data on the Federal Reserve’s various accounts hints at potential ways Japanese policy makers may have funded currency interventions this past week to bolster the yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/06/markets/market-hunts-for-signs-of-yen-intervention/ #business #markets #boj #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry
Fresh data on the Federal Reserve’s various accounts hints at potential ways Japanese policy makers may have funded currency interventions this past week to bolster the yen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/06/markets/market-hunts-for-signs-of-yen-intervention/ #business #markets #boj #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry
thejapantimes, 14 days ago to business Despite all the flexing on social media, crypto gains haven't all been blown on Lamborghinis and bling; some went toward home purchases, boosting real estate markets where crypto is popular. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/06/markets/lamborghini-crypto-wealth-effect/ #business #markets #cryptocurrencies
Despite all the flexing on social media, crypto gains haven't all been blown on Lamborghinis and bling; some went toward home purchases, boosting real estate markets where crypto is popular. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/06/markets/lamborghini-crypto-wealth-effect/ #business #markets #cryptocurrencies
thejapantimes, 16 days ago to business Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japanese officials to support their currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/04/markets/traders-yen-intervention-spook/ #business #markets #yen #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #trade #investments
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japanese officials to support their currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/04/markets/traders-yen-intervention-spook/ #business #markets #yen #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #trade #investments
thejapantimes, 16 days ago to business Japan’s finance minister declined to confirm whether Japan stepped into the market to support the yen with intervention earlier this week, keeping traders guessing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/04/markets/suzuki-yen-intervention-guess/ #business #markets #yen #forex #financeministry #shunichisuzuki #japaneseeconomy
Japan’s finance minister declined to confirm whether Japan stepped into the market to support the yen with intervention earlier this week, keeping traders guessing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/04/markets/suzuki-yen-intervention-guess/ #business #markets #yen #forex #financeministry #shunichisuzuki #japaneseeconomy
thejapantimes, 18 days ago to business Reassurances by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell may not be enough to calm frazzled U.S. stock and bond investors, as uncertainty over the path of inflation intensifies the focus on upcoming data. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/markets/powell-inflation-spooked-markets/ #business #markets #us #federalreserve #jeromepowell #inflation
Reassurances by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell may not be enough to calm frazzled U.S. stock and bond investors, as uncertainty over the path of inflation intensifies the focus on upcoming data. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/markets/powell-inflation-spooked-markets/ #business #markets #us #federalreserve #jeromepowell #inflation
thejapantimes, 19 days ago to business The yen soared against the dollar late on Wednesday, as many suspected Japan's monetary authorities aimed to prop up the beleaguered currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/markets/yen-climbs-dollar-intervention/ #business #markets #yen #dollar #boj #forex
The yen soared against the dollar late on Wednesday, as many suspected Japan's monetary authorities aimed to prop up the beleaguered currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/02/markets/yen-climbs-dollar-intervention/ #business #markets #yen #dollar #boj #forex
thejapantimes, 19 days ago to business Japan likely conducted its first currency intervention since 2022 to prop up the yen on Monday, according to a Bloomberg analysis of central bank accounts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/01/markets/boj-accounts-suggest-intervention/ #business #markets #boj #currencies #yen #financeministry
Japan likely conducted its first currency intervention since 2022 to prop up the yen on Monday, according to a Bloomberg analysis of central bank accounts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/01/markets/boj-accounts-suggest-intervention/ #business #markets #boj #currencies #yen #financeministry
thejapantimes, 20 days ago to business After months of warning that it might intervene in the currency market, Japanese finance authorities appeared to have finally made a move on Monday to curb the pace of yen’s weakening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/30/markets/yen-intervention-suspected/ #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #boj
After months of warning that it might intervene in the currency market, Japanese finance authorities appeared to have finally made a move on Monday to curb the pace of yen’s weakening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/30/markets/yen-intervention-suspected/ #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #boj
thejapantimes, 21 days ago to business Chocolate fans in Japan, one of Asia’s biggest cocoa buyers, are heading for a sticker shock later this year as an unprecedented surge in cocoa prices finally filters through to stores. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/30/markets/japan-cocoa-price-surge/ #business #markets #japaneseeconomy #inflation #food
Chocolate fans in Japan, one of Asia’s biggest cocoa buyers, are heading for a sticker shock later this year as an unprecedented surge in cocoa prices finally filters through to stores. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/30/markets/japan-cocoa-price-surge/ #business #markets #japaneseeconomy #inflation #food
thejapantimes, 21 days ago to business Japan's top currency diplomat said Tuesday that authorities were ready to deal with foreign exchange matters "24 hours," while declining to comment on whether Tokyo had intervened to prop up the yen a day earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/30/markets/yen-kanda-intervention-questions/ #business #markets #boj #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda #yen #forex
Japan's top currency diplomat said Tuesday that authorities were ready to deal with foreign exchange matters "24 hours," while declining to comment on whether Tokyo had intervened to prop up the yen a day earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/30/markets/yen-kanda-intervention-questions/ #business #markets #boj #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda #yen #forex