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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 ...
Economist Rob Shapiro warns that Trump’s policies and threats to the Fed could push the U.S. into a severe recession.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Canadian prime minister said it may not be possible to escape U.S. tariffs even with a bilateral agreement to resolve the current tariff row. Stocks were mixed, with the Dow industrials falling, ...
FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank is likely to stare down the economic danger posed by US President Donald Trump's tariffs ...