The Bank of Japan is set to sit tight and hold the policy rate at 0.5% at its meeting this week even as inflation remains high. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/markets/boj-preview-september-2025-meeting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #inflation #japaneseeconomy
Proxy-shopping companies and subscription services in Japan are left struggling to pivot operations or are closing shop following the U.S. ending its de minimis shipping exemptions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/companies/japan-proxy-shopping/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #japanpost #us #donaldtrump #postalservices #shipping #shopping #tariffs
Japan’s finance minister pushed back against a U.S. call to ramp up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine by imposing higher tariffs on China and India for importing Russian oil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/japan-pushes-back-tariff-hikes-over-russian-oil/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #russiaukrainewar #russia #trade #oil #wto #tariffs
Japan’s exports fell for the fourth consecutive month as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs continued to cloud the prospects for global commerce, especially for trade involving the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/economy/japan-august-exports-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #trade #us #tariffs #japaneseeconomy #cars #boj
U.S. and Chinese officials' arrival at a framework deal on keeping the TikTok app running in the United States sets up a call between their presidents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/world/politics/us-china-tiktok-trump-xi-call/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #xijinping #tiktok #socialmedia #bytedance #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
U.S. tariffs on Japanese autos formally cut to 15% from 27.5% in long-awaited implementation of July 22 agreement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/markets/15-percent-auto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
South Korea's Presidential Office said Tuesday that tariff talks with the U.S. are stalled, but President Lee Jae Myung is determined not to force companies to sustain losses by rushing to sign a trade deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/economy/south-korea-trump-tariff-stalled/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #trade #tariffs #donaldtrump#leejaemyung
｢ Postal traffic to the United States plunged over 80% after new tariffs announced by the Trump administration came into effect on August 29 ｣
https://www.dw.com/en/postal-traffic-to-us-down-by-over-80-amid-tariffs-un-says/a-73905988
U.S. President Donald Trump's choice for a key role at the Federal Reserve was narrowly confirmed by the Senate, as the clock ticks down to the central bank's next policy meeting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/markets/us-senate-trump-aide-fed-rate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #federalreserve#lisacook#stephenmiran #jeromepowell
U.S. and Chinese officials say they've reached an agreement on TikTok, to be confirmed during a call between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/tech/us-china-tiktok-trump-xi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tiktok #bytedance #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #scottbessent #jamiesongreer #helifeng #xijinping
"Despite promising to stop inflation on day one, working- and middle-class Americans are still being squeezed financially as Trump cuts taxes for the wealthy and massive corporations. …
All of what we’re seeing from the Trump administration is a choice to put corporations ahead of caretakers, the wealthy ahead of workers, and the bosses ahead of the busboys."
#Trump #economy #tariffs#Republicans#BigBeautifulBill #jobs #manufacturing #inflation
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"As Trump talks about creating a historic manufacturing boom, the data shows he has lost tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs. As he touts an economy that’s working for American workers, Trump’s economy has more workers looking for a job than job openings for the first time since the depths of the pandemic."
#Trump #economy #tariffs#Republicans#BigBeautifulBill #jobs #manufacturing
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"This month, after another disappointing Jobs Report, President Donald Trump is once again looking around for someone to blame. There is no pandemic, despite RFK’s best efforts; no external supply shocks that Trump himself didn’t cause through his tariff regime. Donald Trump has spiked the baton he was handed by the Biden administration, and he has no one to blame but himself."
~ Julie A. Su
#Trump #economy #tariffs#Republicans#BigBeautifulBill
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/this-jobs-report-is-the-trump-presidency
Japan will appoint a permanent WTO representative for the first time at its permanent mission to international organizations in Geneva. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/15/japan-first-wto-permanent-representative/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #wto #foreignministry #us #tariffs #trade
The U.S. and Britain will sign a deal to make it quicker for companies in both countries to build nuclear power stations when U.S. President Donald Trump visits this week, according to the U.K. government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/world/politics/us-uk-nuclear-tech-whisky-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #uk #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #nuclearenergy #whiskey #tech
U.S. and Chinese officials ended their first day of talks in Madrid, where they are set to discuss trade, TikTok and Russian oil. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/15/us-china-spain-trade-tiktok/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #china #spain #tiktok #trade #tariffs #helifeng #scottbessent
U.S. President Donald Trump’s most concrete step to rein in unprecedented budget deficits — sweeping tariff hikes — faces the danger of a legal reversal that would put the nation’s finances on an even shakier footing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/14/economy/tariffs-trump-deficit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #tariffs #trade #donaldtrump #budgets
For much of 2025, the Trump's wide-ranging tariffs defied forecasts that the import duties would drive up inflation. But that reprieve appears to be over, with economic data this week showing the tariffs are now pushing prices higher.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-consumer-price-hikes-inflation-coffee-autos-apparel-cpi
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato reaffirmed in a joint statement their commitment to let markets determine currency exchange rates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/economy/us-japan-fx-manipulation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #scottbessent #katsunobukato #us #tariffs #japaneseeconomy #currencies #yen #boj #donaldtrump
A rate increase in Japan is less likely following Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's resignation as political uncertainty ties the Bank of Japan's hands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/11/economy/shiba-resignation-boj/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #inflation #japaneseeconomy