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JEROME POWELL

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 14, 2022
Fed to downshift to half-point hike but points to higher peak
The tricky part for Chairman Jerome Powell will be convincing investors that this isn't a dovish pivot and that officials won't prematurely end their assault against inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 1, 2022
U.S. Fed chair signals rate hikes will slow, likely next month, but continue
Policy-sensitive two-year Treasury yields fell on Powell's remarks, erasing increases on the day, and the dollar slipped in value against major rivals on foreign-exchange markets.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2022
Powell delivers masterful performance at a difficult time
The Federal Reserve chair needed to prepare markets for a coming slowdown in rate increases without loosening financial conditions. He pulled it off.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 3, 2022
Powell signals smaller rate hikes ahead on path to higher peak
His remarks shift the focus away from the size of the next rate hike to where they will peak and how long they will have to stay at those levels.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2022
U.S. Fed splits the difference on labor market pain
U.S. monetary policy makers bumped up their unemployment forecasts, but they're not ready to go full doomsday just yet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 22, 2022
U.S. Federal Reserve intensifies its battle against inflation
The central bank raises interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, causing markets to slump. Officials expect further increases.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 21, 2022
Fed set to hike rates as central banks adopt hawkish stance not seen in decades
The danger, according to former one International Monetary Fund chief economist, is that they collectively go too far, driving the world economy into an unnecessarily harsh contraction.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 14, 2022
Inflation surprise puts onus on Fed to hit brakes even harder
What started as a pandemic-driven supply shock has morphed into widespread inflation rooted just as much in resilient demand.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2022
Jumbo Fed rate hike is in play as Jerome Powell sticks to hawkish view
Fed officials hope to engineer a rare soft landing where growth moderates and inflation falls with a low cost to employment.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2022
Fed chairman’s hawkish stance causes headaches for Kuroda as yen falls
The yen fell to a five-week low Monday morning, after Jerome Powell warned against prematurely loosening policy in his speech at the Jackson Hole retreat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2022
Fed hikes rates while signaling more tightening to come
Policymakers have raised the benchmark lending rate another 75 basis points to a range of 2.25% to 2.5% and said they anticipate 'ongoing increases” will be appropriate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 7, 2022
Fed sees ‘more restrictive’ rates possible if inflation persists
The Fed's aggressive push to curb the hottest inflation in 40 years has convulsed financial markets, as investors fret that tighter monetary policy will tip the U.S. economy into recession.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 23, 2022
Jerome Powell says soft landing ‘very challenging’ and recession possible
Powell said officials 'anticipate that ongoing rate increases will be appropriate,” to cool the hottest price pressures in 40 years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 5, 2022
Federal Reserve chair vows to curb inflation with hikes that risk economic pain
On Wednesday, the Fed raised interest rates by 50 basis points for the first time since 2000, and Chair Jerome Powell says similar moves are on the table for June and July.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 6, 2022
Jerome Powell is no Paul Volcker
The U.S. Federal Reserve chief has tried to argue that the central bank's expansionary monetary policy is not to blame for inflationary pressure.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2021
Jerome Powell declares inflation big threat as Fed signals rate hikes
In an abrupt shift, the Fed sped up the drawdown of its asset-purchase program and laid out a plan for a series of interest-rate increases over the coming years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 1, 2021
U.S. Fed chair ditches ‘transitory’ tag and paves way for a rate hike
Many in the market took the buzzword to mean the Fed expected price pressures to be short-lived. Powell said policy makers intended it to mean something different.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2021
The Fed has risen too far above political control
The problem with the Fed is that the need for stability — and for avoiding market shocks — cuts across the desire to exert more democratic control over the central bank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2021
Investors bet Jerome Powell's Fed will get more aggressive on inflation
Calls for the Fed to normalize monetary policy more aggressively are now coming from some of the central bank's own policymakers, reinforcing many investors' views.
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Takayasu during the one-day Annual Sumo Tournament at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Feb 9, 2020
Trump's tariff gambit leaves Asia stunned and scrambling
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he attends the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner in Washington on Tuesday. Trump allowed new tariffs — including a 24% levy on Japan — to go into effect as scheduled on Wednesday.
Tokyo cheers Trump’s tariff U-turn with second-biggest market gain ever
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday in Washington.
Banks freeze withdrawals for foreign nationals upon expiration of visas
Foreign residents who fail to renew their residential statuses before their expiry may find that they won’t be able to withdraw cash from their bank accounts.
Japanese badminton ace Shida blasts 'stalker' Chinese fans
Chiharu Shida of Japan in action during the bronze medal match with Nami Matsuyama against Pearly Tan and Muralitharan Thinaah of Malaysia at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France on Aug. 03, 2024
Who is Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's tariffs negotiator?
Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa, who Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has appointed Japan's tariff negotiator, is one of his closest allies and busiest ministers.
After a tumultuous buildup, a first look at the Osaka Expo
A large statue of Osaka Expo mascot Myaku Myaku sits near the east entrance of the event's venue in Yumeshima island, Osaka, on Wednesday.
Japan gets a new U.S. ambassador — and he has his work cut out for him
George Glass, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to be ambassador to Japan, attends a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on March 13.
Online art scene eager to go offline, at least for the moment
Digital artist Polygon1993 revels in the physicality of nostalgic technology, making art out of materials such as miniature CDs, holographic prints layered with plexiglass shards and a giant custom-made floppy disk.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.

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