TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he would step down next month, succumbing to public disaffection over political scandals and rising living costs that marred his ...

The central bank's decision follows six successive monetary policy meetings at which the policy rate was raised.So far this year it implemented a 100-basis-point (bps) hike in May and a 150 bps increa ...

The southern African country's repo rate had been at 7.75% since June 2023.Namibia's inflation was at 4.6% in July in annual terms, the same level as in June but down from 4.9% in May. ...

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina quit and fled to neighbouring India last week after student-led protests against her spiralled into some of the worst violence in the country since its 1971 independence f ...

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - One of the biggest movies to hit China's cinemas this summer tackles several of its biggest economic pain points: an uncertain job market, downward mobility and the hardsc ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Systematic trading strategies including those run by hedge funds continue to dump trades, adding to about $109 billion of global equity futures sold in the past month, Goldman Sachs ...

The Vayupak Mutual Fund will offer new units to the public by September, Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira told reporters. "The project should restore confidence in the capital market", Pichai said ...

Analysts polled by Reuters had expected new yuan loans would come in at 450 billion yuan last month, down sharply from 2.13 trillion yuan the previous month but more than the 345.9 billion yuan a year ...

Ueda will be requested to participate in separate sessions on Aug. 23 held by the finance committees of the upper and lower houses.The Bank of Japan surprised markets by raising interest rates to a 15 ...

The rally has pushed yields to record lows, however, and authorities have grown uncomfortable and are starting to push back. Below are some of the measures the authorities have taken so far with the a ...