Financial Insights That Matter (Bloomberg) — Japan’s key inflation gauge hit 3% for the first time in 16 months, underscoring the nation’s sustained price momentum just hours before the central bank is expected to hike rates for a third time under Governor Kazuo Ueda. Most Read from Bloomberg Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 3% […]
Financial Insights That Matter Erik Buhrow bought a home in Japan for $26,000 while he was still living in the US. Buhrow, who grew up in Japan, plans to return at some point when his career is over. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Erik Buhrow, who bought a house in Japan’s […]
Financial Insights That Matter Erik Buhrow bought a home in Japan for $26,000 while he was still living in the US. Buhrow, who grew up in Japan, plans to return at some point when his career is over. In the meantime, he plans to rent out his home to the Americans looking to move to […]
Financial Insights That Matter Japanese investors raised their holdings in foreign stocks, driven by a benign US core inflation report that fuelled expectations of Federal Reserve cuts and boosted global equities, while a strong yen also lifted domestic buying power, reports Reuters. They invested a net 489.8 billion yen ($3.13 billion) into overseas stocks, for […]
Financial Insights That Matter TOKYO: Japan’s finance ministry plans to plug a loophole in reporting requirements for foreign investors under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, in an effort to prevent intelligence from leaking to foreign governments. The step comes as countries look to strengthen control over their economic supply chains after global shocks, […]
Financial Insights That Matter Japan is used to the position in which it currently finds itself: apart from the rest of the rich world. Elsewhere, as inflation exceeded central-bank targets, rate-setters tightened monetary policy in rough proportion to the size of their overshoot. If the Bank of Japan had behaved in a similar manner to […]
Financial Insights That Matter Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Japanese business & finance myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Japan’s biggest banks are nearing a key valuation level for the first time in almost a decade as investors bet that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates […]
Financial Insights That Matter TOKYO (AP) — Japan saw record-high exports last year, as its annual trade deficit declined 44% from the previous year, the Finance Ministry reported Thursday. The trade deficit, which measures the value of exports minus imports, totaled 5.3 trillion yen ($34 billion), according to government data, as imports ballooned on the […]
Financial Insights That Matter (Bloomberg) — Japan’s exports rose for a third month in December on the back of a weaker yen, as businesses waited for further clarity on likely US trade policy in President Donald Trump’s second term. Most Read from Bloomberg Exports measured in value gained 2.8% from a year ago led by […]
Financial Insights That Matter (Bloomberg) — Japanese retail investors’ hunger for overseas equities is weighing further on the yen, adding to downside risks posed by tariffs from Donald Trump and the wide interest-rate gap with the US. Most Read from Bloomberg Investment trusts that cater to Japanese individuals bought a net ¥10.4 trillion ($66 billion) […]