Wall Street stocks retreated Friday as the market's latest rally lost steam, while the yen pushed higher after the Bank of ...

The Bank of Japan delivered a widely expected 25 basis point hike to its key lending rate on Friday, bringing the overnight call rate to the highest since 2008 and putting pressure on the dollar. The ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, known as MUFG, is Japan’s largest banking group, with 8.0% share of domestic loans and 11.6% of deposits as of March 2024. It was also the most global among Japanese ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, with a 7.2% share of domestic loans and 9.0% of deposits as of March 2024, is one of Japan’s Big Three banking groups. Compared with its two megabank rivals, SMFG has ...

The Bank of Japan has raised its interest rates by 25 basis points, signifying the end of an era of historically low interest ...

Backdrop: Japan had been mired in decades of weak prices and economic stagnation, and even as inflation impacted the globe in ...

It is the highest level since October 2008 as the economy makes steady progress toward the bank’s goal of stable 2% inflation and wage-backed growth.

Stronger wages have contributed to the decision by Japan's central bank to raise rates to about 0.5%. The BOJ reiterated that ...

The Japanese stock market has moved higher in four straight sessions, gathering more than 1,500 points or 3.8 percent in that span.

Also in today’s newsletter, a record number of US companies weigh China exit, and Trump calls on Opec to push down global oil prices ...

European banks are set to return around €123bn to shareholders for the second consecutive year, driven by surging dividends ...

The dollar index rose 0.1% to 108.289 while Asian currencies were mostly weaker, with the Malaysian ringgit down 0.4% and ...