Economy

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank governor said on Thursday that the most important factor determining the health of Asia’s fourth-largest economy in the next few months was whether…

By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates again at one of the two meetings this quarter to 0.50%, an overwhelming majority of economists…

By Leika Kihara (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan holds its first policy meeting of the year next week and the outcome will be announced days after the inauguration of U.S.…

TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday the central bank will debate next week whether to raise interest rates, based on its fresh quarterly growth…

By David Lawder and Lawrence Delevingne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Treasury Department, on Wednesday vowed to ensure that the dollar remains the…

By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Toyota Motor unit Hino Motors has agreed a $1.6 billion settlement with U.S. agencies and will plead guilty over excess diesel engine emissions in more than…

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar slipped on Thursday to stand just off recent peaks as cooling U.S. inflation data knocked down bond yields, while the yen hit…

By Cynthia Kim and Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank unexpectedly left its policy interest rate unchanged on Thursday, weighing the impact of its back-to-back cuts last…

BEIJING (Reuters) – Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) smartphone shipments in China fell 25% in the fourth quarter, while Huawei’s rose 24%, data from research firm Canalys showed on Thursday. Apple shipped 13.1…