By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese real wages fell for a fourth consecutive month in April, eroded by stubborn ...

Elsewhere, as inflation exceeded central-bank targets, rate-setters tightened monetary policy in rough proportion to the size of their overshoot. If the Bank of Japan had behaved in a similar ...

Japans core inflation surged to 3.5% in April, marking its fastest pace in over two years and intensifying speculation of a ...

For now, though, it is not just inflation, base pay and stock prices ... The International Monetary Fund estimated in a report this month that Japan’s economy shrank by 0.2 percent in 2024.

Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies moved in a tight range on Friday as growing risk-aversion in global financial markets sparked some safe haven flows into the dollar, while markets awaited key..

But when adjusted for inflation, wages fell 1.4% in May after a revised 1.2% decline in April. There were signs that Japan's intensifying labour shortage is leading to broader-based wage rises.

He said last week he will keep food inflation in mind when conducting monetary policy, as it may not be temporary ... who expects the next hike to be in April as his base case. “Japan’s inflation is ...

TOKYO] Japanese real wages fell for a fourth consecutive month in April, eroded by stubborn inflation that has continued to ...