Japanese inflation eased in February, government data showed Friday, with prices excluding fresh food rising 3.0 percent year-on-year in the world's fourth-largest economy. The core Consumer Price ...

Core consumer inflation hit 2.7% in July and has been at or above the 2% target for 28 consecutive months. The neutral interest rate is important because central banks use it to set monetary policy.

Stocks slid sharply as core PCE inflation rose more than expected, dampening hopes for Fed rate cuts. Tech, airline and retail sectors led the decline. The tech-heavy Nasdaq posted a particularly ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank will scrutinise the impact of U.S. tariffs on the country's ...

Japan Prime Minister (PM) Shigeru Ishiba said on Tuesday that “we need to achieve wage gains that exceed pace of inflation, which is imminent task and key growth strategy for Japan.” ...

Major food and beverage producers in Japan are planning to increase prices for 4,225 products in April, Teikoku Databank said Monday. The number of food and beverage items subject to price hikes ...

A grocery store is seen in Tokyo in this Nov. 11, 2021 file photo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of food and beverage items expected to face price hikes in April totaled 4,225, the ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (front R), accompanied by Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (front L), receives a guard of honor at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 30, 2025.

TOKYO :Japan's factory output rose at a better than expected pace last month, driven by increases in production machinery and electronics parts, but a slowdown in retail sales pointed to the ...

TOKYO :The safe-haven Japanese yen strengthened on Monday while gold pushed to a fresh peak as traders worried that U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs would ignite inflation and crimp economic ...