Bank of Japan board member Junko Koeda signaled that there could be a rate hike as soon as next month by pointing to the need for normalization, after the yen hit its lowest level in roughly 10 months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/20/boj-board-member-dec-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #boj #japaneseeconomy #junkokoeda
A yen rout has brought talk of ¥160 to the dollar and possible intervention as Japan's new administration is hit by a triple whammy of falling stocks, bonds and currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/markets/yen-160-intervention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda
A member of a panel advising Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the central bank isn’t likely to raise its benchmark rate before March. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/economy/economic-growth-strategy-panel-member/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #inflation #sanaetakaichi
An extra-big extra budget is being pushed by some Japanese lawmakers who think that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ¥17 trillion stimulus package falls short. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/economy/calls-for-fiscal-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #taxes #cabinet #inflation
The Liberal Democratic Party will consider specific measures to make the income tax threshold adjustable in accordance with consumer prices, the party's tax leader said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/economy/ldp-onodera-interview-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #itsunorionodera #ldp #taxes #japaneseeconomy
Japan's GDP dropped in the three months ended September as tariffs bite and domestic demand flags, the first decline in six quarters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/17/economy/third-quarter-gdp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #gdp #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #inflation
Japan's economic stimulus package will exceed ¥17 trillion ($110 billion), Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said after meeting with the prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/16/japan/japan-stimulus-package-to-exceed-17-trillion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #japaneseeconomy #satsukikatayama #sanaetakaichi #taxes
Labor productivity in fiscal 2024 rose 0.2%, marking four consecutive years of growth, according to the Japan Productivity Center think tank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/16/economy/labor-productivity-rise/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #inflation #wages #jobs
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government is mulling an extra budget for the current fiscal year which will be larger than last year’s, according to local media reports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/15/economy/japan-bigger-extra-budget/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy
Japanese businesses are focusing too much on shareholders, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday, in comments that flicked at her frustration with firms for not using more capital to raise wages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/14/economy/takaichi-against-shareholders-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #wages #inflation #japaneseeconomy
Delivering a positive wealth effect for the general public from rising asset prices is key to Prime Minister Takaichi's economic success. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/14/japan/takaichi-and-making-abenomics-20-successful/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #japaneseeconomy #goldmansachs #abenomics #sanaetakaichi #wallstreet #alphabet #amazon #apple #metaplatforms #microsoft #nvidia #tesla #nikkei225 #jpmorgan #merrilllynchjapan
Producer prices in Japan rose 2.7% in October from a year earlier, reflecting higher prices for food and copper, the Bank of Japan has said, with prices of agricultural, forestry and fishery products surging 31.4%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/13/economy/producer-prices-rise-october/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #electricity #gas #food
Two new private-sector members of a key government panel have called on the government to compile a fiscal 2025 supplementary budget worth at least ¥14 trillion to fund upcoming economic measures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/politics/japan-government-panel-budget-proposal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #budgets #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy
Traders are increasingly skeptical that Japan’s new government will be able to shore up the yen by direct intervention as the currency slumps toward levels that previously drew authorities into the market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/13/economy/yen-dollar-intervention-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy
Japan’s current account surplus in the April-September period rose 14.1% from a year earlier, hitting a half-year record of ¥17.51 trillion, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/11/economy/japan-current-account-april-september-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #currentaccount
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to use her first stimulus package to jump-start the economy and initiate a new growth strategy through investment in key industries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/11/economy/japan-economic-stimulus-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy #cabinet #inflation #boj
The Bank of Japan signals it's inclined to increase interest rates, with the usual caveats about the need for data, especially on wages, to stay in line with forecasts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/10/economy/nagata-boj-october-meeting-opinions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #us #tariffs #usjapanrelations #inflation #japaneseeconomy
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is calling to update Japan's economic security law as the geopolitical situation changes and economic threats increase. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/07/economy/takaichi-economic-security/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicsecurity #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy
Japan’s household spending rose for a fifth month, albeit below expectations, providing some support for an economy that analysts say contracted in the third quarter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/07/economy/september-household-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #inflation
A Bank of Japan rate hike amid calls for more investment in the private sector could come across as contradictory, Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/06/economy/fujita-ishin-boj-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #fumitakefujita #japaneseeconomy #nipponishinnokai #boj