The year-end balance of bank notes in circulation in Japan is estimated to have fallen for a third straight year amid the rise of cashless payments, according to Bank of Japan data. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/31/markets/bank-notes-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #cashless #creditcards #ecommerce
For Japanese markets in 2025, it was politics, politics, more politics and AI, with significant downs and ups along the way to a strong performance overall. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/30/markets/market-look-back-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #tse #nikkei #stocks
U.S. President Donald Trump muses that he still might fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, teasing that he has a preferred candidate to replace him but is in no hurry to make an announcement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/30/markets/trump-fed-chair-pick/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #donaldtrump #jeromepowell #federalreserve
The annual number of companies delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange is set to hit a record high for the second straight year in 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/30/markets/tse-2025-delisting-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #tse #stocks #corporategovernance #japanexchangegroup
U.S. investment company Berkshire Hathaway plans to keep its shares in five major Japanese trading houses over the long term, even after the exit of CEO Warren Buffett on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/27/markets/buffett-japan-trading-houses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #berkshirehathaway #warrenbuffett #stocks #markets #investments
The number of small-size initial public offerings in Japan this year fell to its lowest in more than a decade, as the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s reform push prompted private companies to reconsider quick listings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/26/markets/japan-small-ipos-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #ipo #tse #stocks
Manually uploaded a couple of years of processed FERC EQR data if anybody would like to play with it. Working on the automated builds now. There are 4 directories, one for each EQR table under this path:
s3://pudl.catalyst.coop/ferceqr/
Each directory contains one Parquet file per quarter of data.
#Electricity #Energy #OpenData #FERC #Markets #ClimateChange
Japan’s bond rout continues after the BOJ’s rate increase and as a record-busting budget approval looms, and the yen has been weak despite the higher yields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/22/markets/japanese-bond-rout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda #us #boj #economicindicators #jgb #bonds
Ford Motor says it will take a $19.5 billion writedown and is discontinuing several electric vehicle models, instead pivoting hard into gas and hybrid models. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/16/markets/ford-evs-trump-tariffs-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #electricvehicles #carmakers #us #ford
Nasdaq plans to ask the SEC to begin round-the-clock trading as it looks to capitalize on a global demand for U.S. equities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/16/markets/nasdaq-trading-hours-wall-street/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #nasdaq #wallstreet #stockmarket
Japan Exchange Group, the operator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, launched a service enabling users to search corporate disclosure materials using artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/10/markets/exchange-ai-disclosure-search/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #stocks #ai #tse
Japanese firms are announcing stock splits at the fastest pace since 2018 amid surging share prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/10/markets/japan-stocks-individual-investors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #stocks #investments #tse #topix #nisa
Foreign investors are storming into Japan’s once-placid government bond market, exposing the world’s second-largest pool of sovereign debt to bouts of volatility sparked by traders thousands of miles away. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/markets/foreign-traders-jgb-buy-risks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jgb #bonds #investments #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi
What began the year as one of the best trades in the stock market has, in a matter of months, turned into one of the worst. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/07/markets/cryptocurrency-trade-collapse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #cryptocurrencies #investments
Man Group’s large-cap Japan value fund is shifting more to domestic-focus stocks as it expects the agenda of the nation’s new administration to benefit local economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/05/markets/man-group-japan-fund-domestic-stocks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #stocks #investments
The EU on Wednesday releases its plan to try to end the 27-nation bloc's dependence on China for rare earths, as Beijing's stranglehold threatens key industries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/03/markets/eu-china-rare-earths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #eu #china #rareearths
The Bank of Japan has rattled markets globally with its hint of a rate rise, with Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s hawkish comments Monday hitting bonds, stocks and crypto. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/02/markets/bond-rout-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #japaneseeconomy #jgb #kazuoueda #bonds
Japan’s two-year note yield rose to its highest level since 2008, and the yen gained against the dollar on signs the Bank of Japan is moving closer to an interest-rate hike. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/markets/two-year-yield-highest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #japaneseeconomy #jgbs #kazuoueda
U.S. President Donald Trump said he has decided on his pick for the next Federal Reserve chair, without naming his choice, after making clear he expects his nominee to deliver interest-rate cuts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/markets/trump-choice-federal-reserve/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #donaldtrump #federalreserve #jeromepowell