TOKYO: The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Friday (Sep 20) and revised up its assessment on consumption, ...

Asian stocks have surged, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index leading gains after Wall Street romped to records following the ...

March 2024, is one of Japan’s Big Three banking groups. Compared with its two megabank rivals, SMFG has a greater focus on retail customers and small and medium-size enterprises rather than large ...

The other big potential threat is a U.S. recession. A soft landing for the economy is the central case, but a deeper slowdown ...

Bitcoin's performance surpasses nearly every other major asset class, but some investors have been spooked by the recent ...

US and European stock markets retreated on Friday following a rally and records triggered by a jumbo US interest rate cut ...

The Bank of Japan maintained its benchmark rate on Friday after two hikes this year and signalled that the policy normalization will ...

It's a stark contrast to several weeks ago when global equity markets suffered a savage pullback at the start of August as a scare about the health of the U.S. economy dovetailed with a sudden surge ...

The Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged on Friday, but governor Kazuo Ueda said further hikes remain on the cards if ...

The Bank of Japan unanimously decided to keep its policy rate unchanged at 0.25%. Amid growing confidence in achieving its ...