Fears of a U.S. recession following a weaker-than-expected July jobs report and an unwinding of yen-funded carry trades sparked a sharp sell-off in global equities earlier this week.Markets are curren ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan managed to calm investor nerves during global market turmoil this week by reversing a calibrated strategy to communicate steady interest-rate rises, but the flip-fl ...

HAKODATE, Japan (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan's influential deputy governor said on Wednesday the central bank will not hike interest rates when markets are unstable, playing down the chance of a near- ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve may be a bit late cutting interest rates, but it's not yet behind the curve in forestalling a U.S. recession.For all the wild financial swings and furious tradin ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top government spokesperson said on Wednesday there was no change to the government policy of promoting the public's shift from savings to investments despite recent volatile ...

The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to near a three-year high of 4.3% in July amid a significant slowdown in hiring, fuelling concerns fears that the labor market was deteriorating and potentially makin ...