Policymakers

Analysis: In Japan, a weaker yen may not be the blessing it once was

A weak yen, once seen as favourable for Japan's exports-focused economy, has now become a pain point as it eats…

4 years ago

Marketmind: Melt up?

As confidence grows that the world's biggest central banks are in no hurry for raising interest rates despite progress on…

4 years ago

Aussie jumps as inflation data sparks rate hike talk, yen becalmed before BOJ

The Aussie dollar jumped on Wednesday as surprisingly strong inflation data raised the possibility of sooner-than-planned rate hikes, while the…

4 years ago

Marketmind: Pandeconomics part 2

Slowly but surely, global policymakers are entering a new phase of their economic response to the pandemic.

4 years ago

Marketmind: Transitory faith in transitory inflation

Say your economy is growing at about 5% annually, it just hit a 10-year inflation high of 3% read more amid labour…

4 years ago

Fed’s Mester not ready to accept recent inflation surge as meeting central bank’s goal

Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester said on Monday that the U.S. economy is recovering strongly but she is…

4 years ago

South Korea’s youth debt binge shows no sign of slowing as rate hike looms

When South Korea announced new lending curbs last month, Joe Park, a 34-year-old grocery chain purchasing manager, scrambled to borrow…

4 years ago

Delta delays great exit as RBNZ holds fire on hikes

The Delta variant has delayed an expected rate hike in New Zealand, leaving Norway likely the first G10 economy to…

4 years ago

Asian shares fall as Delta fears eclipse Wall Street uptick

Asian shares failed to follow a strong close on Wall Street with fears about the spread of the Delta variant…

4 years ago

China’s industrial profit growth slows in June on high raw material prices

Profit growth at China's industrial firms slowed for the fourth straight month in June, as high raw material prices weighed…

4 years ago