BOJ shifts focus away from output gap, towards labour shortage Board debated wage pressure, stagflation risk at January ...

Asian shares Friday were mixed, with Chinese technology stocks rising as most other Asian equities declined. Japan’s ...

Japan's real gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to have risen an annualised 1.0% in October-December, according to a ...

The yen is on track for its fourth straight weekly gain against the dollar as spending data on Friday added to signs that the ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

Consumer spending climbed 2.7% in December from a year earlier, data from the internal affairs ministry showed on Friday, ...

Japan's upcoming spring wage discussions, also known as the "shunto" negotiations, will be in focus for investors watching ...

Australia’s economic outlook reflects a recovery in private demand following the challenges posed by high interest rates and ...

The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish ...

Bank of Japan policy board member Naoki Tamura said, “Raising short-term interest rates to at least around 1% in the latter ...