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FEDERAL RESERVE

COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 21, 2016
Central banks on the brink
The BOJ's Haruhiko Kuroda can offer the Fed's Janet Yellen a lesson: When cutting rates to zero, you need a clear exit plan.
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2016
Beyond any turmoil linked to Brexit, central bankers dread long shadow of possibilities
Finally, a financial flare-up that the world's central banks will have seen coming.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 17, 2016
The only certainty for world's central bankers is uncertainty
From the immediate possibility of Britain leaving the European Union to the longer-term consequences of aging populations, the world's major central banks this week just are not sure what to do next.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2016
Yellen shows deft hand in Asian diplomacy
While its mandate is domestic stability, concerns about Asia's growth limits the Fed's ability to normalize rates.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 21, 2016
China sought urgent advice from Fed to deal with 2015 market plunge
China's central bank last year asked the U.S. Federal Reserve to share its playbook for dealing with Wall Street's 1987 crash, emails show.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2015
The Fed's risk to emerging economies
While the Fed's rate hike, prudently accompanied by an emphasis on small and gradual steps, may not turn out to be a trigger, the concerns about the knock-on effects are legitimate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 5, 2015
U.S. jobs report clears way for Fed interest rate hike
U.S. employment increased at a healthy pace in November, in another sign of the economy's resilience, and will most likely be followed by the first Federal Reserve interest rate rise in a decade later this month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2015
U.S. jobs report bolsters case for Fed rate hike
U.S. job growth surged in October and the unemployment rate hit a 7½-year low of 5 percent in a show of economic strength that makes it much more likely the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2015
New global economic order: cost crash and demand lull
The world economy is being shaped by a cost crash and a demand lull.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2015
Figuring out the world's economic funk
Forecasters have repeatedly overestimated the global economy's strength because they underestimate the influence of the financial crisis and Great Recession on people's confidence.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2015
Why Asia should welcome the Fed's 'taper'
Asian governments will need to act differently if U.S. Fed 'tapering' leaves less money sloshing around global markets. Challenges like excess money supply will seem preferable to massive capital outflows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 19, 2015
Fed drops 'patient' stance, opening door to June rate increase
The Federal Reserve dropped an assurance it will be "patient" in raising interest rates, ending an era in its communications policy and opening the door for higher borrowing costs as early as June.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Feb 7, 2015
For investors, a new game plan after U.S. jobs report
A blowout jobs report has changed the calculus for investors for what the Federal Reserve might do in coming months, resetting expectations for how markets might behave if the U.S. economy continues to strengthen even as global growth lags.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2014
The Federal Reserve's culture war
The U.S. Federal Reserve wants to crack down on rogue individuals to reduce illegal conduct in the banking industry.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 6, 2014
Yen declines to seven-year low against dollar as BOJ, Fed diverge
The yen weakens beyond 115 per dollar for the first time in seven years as the Bank of Japan increases stimulus while the Federal Reserve moves toward raising interest rates.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 10, 2014
Drop in U.S. jobless claims points to labor market strength
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to nearly its lowest level since before the 2007-09 recession, a sign of growing steam in the U.S. labor market.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 18, 2014
Fed renews zero rate pledge but hints at steeper hike path later
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday renewed its pledge to keep interest rates near zero for a "considerable time," but also indicated it could raise borrowing costs faster than expected when it starts moving.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2014
Central bankers try harder to speed up growth, dealing with issues treated as taboo until now
Six years after the near-collapse of the global financial system and more than five years into one of the strongest bull markets in history, the answer still taxes the ingenuity of central bankers who now sound more determined than ever to get faster growth.
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2014
U.S. job market gains yet to convince Fed to hike rates
The Federal Reserve has been surprised by how quickly the U.S. labor market is healing but doesn't want to bring forward a planned rate hike until the recovery looks more convincing, according to minutes of its last policy meeting.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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