Ishiba said it was important for the people to have a sense of security by achieving wage increases that exceed inflation.

Some economists are concerned about deflation, a phenomenon where the general price level of goods and services declines.

All 53 economists surveyed by Bloomberg forecast the BOJ to hold its benchmark rate at 0.5% at the end of a two-day meeting ...

The dollar gained on Tuesday, helped by comments from U.S. officials that trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington ...

The BOJ ended its yield curve control and began tapering its huge bond buying last year as part of its effort to wean the ...

US exceptionalism – the belief that the US and its economy is different from and superior to other nations – is coming under ...

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...

Japan's annual wholesale inflation slowed in May on falling import costs for raw materials, data showed on Wednesday, taking some pressure off the central bank to raise interest rates. But the rise in ...

According to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest World Economic Outlook, India is on track to become the world’s ...

NET INFLOWS of foreign direct investments (FDI) fell to a three-month low in March, with first-quarter inflows also dropping by more than 40% year on year, amid heightened global uncertainty arising ...

The bank stopped short of forecasting a recession, but said global economic growth this year would be its weakest outside of ...

President Donald Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world ...