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On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...
Japan’s government bond market is spinning out of control, and it’s dragging America into the mess. Volatility across Japanese government bonds has doubled in ...
In October, Ishiba gambled on a snap election in which the LDP and its coalition partner, the New Komeito party, lost its majority in the lower house and have since been forced to work with smaller ...
The Trump effect—embodied in both American policy and its global ideological footprint—has found fertile ground in Japan’s ...
The AS global debt chartbook is my attempt at presenting an overview of global debt levels and an easy way to compare them ...
Trump critics tend to ignore good U.S. economic news and focus on the bad. But the economy isn't a punishing god that immediately strikes protectionists with a recession. The effects of his policies ...
Opinion
Threat of the US debt spiral
The country that once dominated the global economy is now grappling with a severe debt crisis. The United States, with a GDP of $28 trillion, is burdened by a debt of $36 trillion.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has faced a major setback following a significant electoral defeat on Monday in the upper house ...
This year, the global economy has been defined by uncertainty. Volatility and confusion have combined to convulse financial ...
U.S. President Donald Trump is playing 18 holes on his new golf course in Scotland as pressure grows for him to address starvation among Palestinians in Israeli-controlled Gaza.
At the centre of the global trade war lies a surprising US grievance: the dollar’s position as the global reserve currency.
Consumer prices rose faster than​ in May, a potential sign that companies are starting to pass tariff costs on to consumers. Futures rose as Inflation data and earnings from major banks were the ...