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GLOBAL ECONOMY

Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 2, 2022
Economic ties to China threaten to derail the world’s emerging markets
Fresh COVID-19 outbreaks — and the government's stringent policy to contain them — are spooking global investors who fear shutdowns in China will echo across the world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2022
Europe’s economy on a knife edge
Europe's recovery from the damage caused by COVID-19 was solidifying. But now European policymakers have exactly zero control over whether their economies' rebound continues.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 30, 2022
Russia looks to avoid default with last-minute dollar bond payment
Russia's $40 billion of international bonds have become the focus of a game of financial chicken amid sweeping Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 28, 2022
How Africa is bearing the brunt of palm oil's perfect storm
Neither Russia nor Ukraine produces palm oil, a tropical commodity, but Moscow's invasion has triggered knock-on effects across today's intricately interconnected global economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 28, 2022
Global growth to slow as inflation bites
Global economic output was dealt a body blow when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, sending commodity prices through the roof and triggering waves of economic sanctions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 27, 2022
China running out of ways to stem self-made market meltdown
Unlike in 2020, when Beijing was able to limit disruptions to its manufacturing hubs and rely on global liquidity to shore up investor confidence, this time it has to go at it alone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 26, 2022
Big grocery shock looms as food giants face cooking oil risk
The world's biggest shipper, Indonesia, will halt some cooking oil exports from April 28 after a domestic shortage led to street protests over high food costs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 26, 2022
Global supply chain crisis flares up again where it all began
Beijing's zero-tolerance approach amid an escalating virus outbreak brings the pandemic full circle, more than two years after its emergence in Wuhan upended the global economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2022
Russia’s war is turbocharging the world’s addiction to coal
Demand had already been on the rise since last year amid a natural gas shortage and as electricity use surged after pandemic restrictions were rolled back.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2022
Equitable capitalism or bust
The World Bank warns that the effort to reduce poverty has suffered its “worst setback” in a quarter century, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2022
China will be deglobalization’s big loser
History should be a stark warning to President Xi Jinping: if he allows Russia to divide the world with its war on Ukraine, it is China and its exporters who will pay the heaviest price.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 22, 2022
A weaker yen is no longer the asset of the past
Japanese officials favor a weak yen because companies earn higher profits. But Japanese businesses now rely increasingly on foreign production, which limits the value of a weaker yen.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2022
Global energy crisis and Russia invasion eclipse Biden climate goals
The president has been forced to prioritize energy security, leading his administration to unleash record amounts of crude oil from strategic reserves.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Apr 22, 2022
Growth slowdown fears temper bullishness on commodity currencies
The Brazilian real has gained 18% this year and the Colombian peso 8%.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 21, 2022
Hunger and blackouts are just the start of an emerging economic crisis
Compounding the danger is the most aggressive monetary tightening campaign the Federal Reserve has embarked on in two decades.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 21, 2022
Inflation, oil prices and the yen: What’s behind the BOJ’s tack?
Japan's inflation rate is around 1%, one of the lowest in the world. Why is Japan, which has been battling deflation for two decades, still the exception even as global inflation is rising?
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Apr 20, 2022
Positive real yields may spell more trouble for U.S. stocks
A hawkish turn by the Federal Reserve is eroding a key support for U.S. stocks, as real yields climb into positive territory for the first time in two years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 20, 2022
IMF cuts global growth forecast due to 'seismic waves' from Ukraine conflict
The war is expected to further increase inflation, the IMF said, warning that further Western sanctions targeting Russian energy would cause another major drop in global output.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 19, 2022
Bleak assessments of the Russian economy clash with Putin’s rosy claims
Russia's central bank chief has warned that the consequences of sanctions were only beginning to be felt, and Moscow's mayor said 200,000 jobs were at risk in the capital alone.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 18, 2022
China’s economic data hints at cost of 'COVID zero' strategy
The country's lockdowns have trapped truck drivers on highways, halted production lines and forced some importers to source goods from outside China.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
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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