Plus, US reports inflation figures while Japan, the UK and the EU publish first estimates of third-quarter GDP ...

A pivotal election year globally with significant policy changes in central banks and implications for markets ahead.

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) hopes to maintain its 2 percent inflation target even if climate change causes long-term shocks to ...

Incumbent governments have lost ground in Britain, France, Japan, India, and elsewhere this year, setting the stage for ...

Consumer spending in Japan has consistently failed to show clear signs of strength as shoppers have been forced to cope with ...

Grieving over the grim result of Tuesday’s presidential election, Newsmakers harks back to an astute adage about living ...

The Bank of Japan kicks off proceedings with the summary of opinions from its monetary policy meeting in October early on Monday. With the situation in Japan now more fluid, given further falls in the ...

TOKYO - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's economic and policies could further weaken the yen's value against the U.S.

The Fed (and other central banks) influences employment and inflation primarily by using monetary policy tools to control the availability and cost of credit in the economy.

Asian equities rallied after stocks and bonds and commodities all gained in the US as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates.

The US Federal Reserve approved its second consecutive benchmark interest rate cut on Thursday, lowering the rate by 0.25 ...