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ECONOMY

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2020
Japan’s economic backbone creaks under the weight of COVID-19
Domestic small and medium-size businesses are bearing the brunt of business closures amid a nationwide state of emergency.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 25, 2020
Pundits pore over pandemic's impact on employment
Asahi Geino warns warns that economic calamities from the COVID-19 outbreak are likely to arrive in the form of three successive waves. The third wave, if it comes, will make the Black Monday stock market crash of 1987 seem like a picnic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2020
Face of Japan's economic response to virus cancels appearances after contact with infected staffer
Economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura cancelled all his briefings for the day after a staffer he took along for a hospital visit last week tested positive for the virus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 24, 2020
Slowdown in Japan inflation amid virus crisis sparks deflation fears
Sources have said the Bank of Japan will sharply cut growth forecasts and take further steps to ease funding strains on firms affected.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 23, 2020
Government assistance is vital in pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis is testing how well Japan protects the people and businesses in an emergency. The government need to sustain its assistance as steadily as possible while making sure the most needy are not left behind.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 23, 2020
Pandemic spurs forex trading surge among Japan’s teleworking salarymen
The COVID-19 pandemic is fueling a surge in currency trading by retail investors, who are discovering that working from home means they can moonlight in the market during the daytime.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2020
IMF and regional bodies agree to cofinance pandemic responses
The heads of the International Monetary Fund, European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and other regional financing arrangements on Tuesday agreed to work together to mitigate the economic and financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 20, 2020
The money taboo that central banks have shied away from so far
The coronavirus economy is shredding records for government borrowing and for central-bank lending. Soon it may also smash the taboo that’s supposed to keep those two things apart.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 17, 2020
More than 200 listed companies in Japan have cut forecasts
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced 217 listed Japanese companies to warn of lower profits and sales in the coming year, an increase of 35% from less than a week ago, researcher Teikoku Databank has said.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 16, 2020
Lives versus livelihoods
Everybody knows that you can't shut the economy down indefinitely, but nobody wants to risk a second wave of infections by moving too soon.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 16, 2020
IMF sees Asia-Pacific economic growth at standstill in 2020
Economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region will likely slow to a standstill in 2020, something that hasn’t happened in the last 60 years, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2020
Some companies are too connected to fail
Policymakers must act now to lower the risk of cascading bankruptcies.

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