TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's major life insurers are expected to continue purchasing Japanese government bonds (JGBs) into the second half of the fiscal year, but the pace and extent of these purchases w ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's economic advisory panel on Wednesday called on the government, management and labour unions to swiftly start talks on raising minimum wages, ...

"Stimulus could come with a cost and we should combine stimulus with reforms," Chinese media outlet Yicai quoted Liu as saying at a forum on Tuesday. Liu said funds should be used for enhancing areas ...

The fiscal package is expected to be further bolstered if Donald Trump wins the Nov. 5 presidential election, the sources said.Here are some comments from analysts on the stimulus plans:LYNN SONG, CHI ...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a $3 billion investment from his Inflation Reduction Act to improve the country's port infrastructure.The investment includes $147 million in ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's finance ministry and central bank have agreed to maintain the current inflation target, the finance minister said on Tuesday, after a meeting of the two parties in which ...

China's top legislative body, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), is looking to approve the fresh fiscal package, including 6 trillion yuan which would partly be raised via ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state council issued several measures to boost policies that support childbirth and promote a "childbirth-friendly society", the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday. ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The make-up of Japan's future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's scandal-tainted coalition in a weekend snap election, leaving no p ...