Financial Insights That Matter TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core machinery orders rose 2.1% in October from the previous month, government data showed on Monday. That compared with a 1.2% rise expected by economists in a Reuters poll. On a year-on-year basis, core orders, a highly volatile data series regarded as a leading indicator of capital […]
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Financial Insights That Matter BANGKOK (AP) ā A quarterly survey by Japanās central bank shows business sentiment has improved slightly, especially in major heavy industries such as automaking, fossil fuels and machinery, while services industries were less upbeat. The survey released Friday by the Bank of Japan, called the tankan, might influence the central bank’s […]
Financial Insights That Matter STORY: Corporate Japan is feeling a little more festive ahead of the holiday season. On Friday, the quarterly ātankanā survey rose to +14. Thatās the highest figure for the closely watched gauge of business sentiment since early 2022. Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda will be punching in the figures as […]
Financial Insights That Matter TOKYO, December 12, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Blackstone (NYSE: BX), the worldās leading alternative investment firm, today announced that Real Estate funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) have entered into definitive agreements to acquire Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho, an acclaimed 2.4 million square feet of mixed-use asset, from affiliates of Seibu Holdings. At $2.6 billion […]
Financial Insights That Matter Photo by Jezael Mendoza via Unsplash. Their NPL ratio was lower than in March, but still higher than in September 2023. Major banks in Japan reported a combined profit attributable to owners of approximately $8.65b (JPY1.32t) in the first six months of fiscal year 2024, 40.29% higher than the same period […]
Financial Insights That Matter TOKYO (AP) ā Embattled Japanese automaker Nissan has tapped Jeremie Papin, who was overseeing its U.S. operations, as its chief financial officer in a major management reshuffle billed as key to a turnaround. The move as announced in the United States on Thursday. It means Papin, chairman of Nissanās Americas Management […]
Financial Insights That Matter S. Korea-Japan finance chiefs’ talks South Korea’s Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok (R) holds a virtual meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Katsunobu Kato, at the government complex in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2024, to discuss countermeasures to address political uncertainties stemming from the six-hour imposition of martial law, in this photo provided […]
Financial Insights That Matter (Bloomberg) — Inflation in Japanās corporate goods prices accelerated to the fastest pace in 16 months, an outcome that points to growing inflationary pressure in the economy and supports the central bankās further normalization of policy. Most Read from Bloomberg The measure of input prices for Japanese firms rose 3.7% in […]