The U.K. now offers lower returns on its debt than its Japanese peers, the latest sign investors are betting on further interest-rate cuts to stave off a deep recession.The yield on the U.K.’s …
Japan Finance Ministry names new top bureaucrat, currency diplomat
Japan’s Finance Ministry reshuffled its top brass Tuesday, with Budget Bureau chief Mitsuru Ota promoted to the highest-ranking burea …
Japan provides ¥269 million for JDS Third Framework
The Government of Japan has provided ¥269 million (approximately Rs.457 million) to facilitate a third batch of students for Master’s Degrees and PhD programmes under the Japanese Grant Aid for Human …
U.K.’s Two-Year Bonds Yield Less Than Japan’s for the First Time
The yield on the U.K.’s two-year bonds declined to an all-time low of minus 0.129%, inverting the spread between the nations’ securities for the first time on record. The gaps on five- and 30-year …
Time for Japan to present a credible energy policy
The nation should not miss the opportunity to restructure its economic and energy-consumption structure for future generations.
Japan finmin sees no immediate need to review FY2025/26 budget goal
Japan remains committed to its aim of balancing a budget by the fiscal year-end in March 2026, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday, shrugging off speculation that the coronavirus stimulus …
Indonesia raises record high $1.27b from retail bonds sale
Indonesia has raised Rp 18.33 trillion (US$1.27 billion) from government retail bond issuance ORI-017, the Finance Ministry announced on Monday, the highest proceeds ever recorded in an online bond …
Walmart invests additional $1.2 billion in India’s Flipkart to increase stake
Walmart is increasing its stake in Flipkart by investing an additional $1.2 billion in the Indian e-commerce giant. The fresh equity round from Walmart, which acquired majority stake in Flipkart for …
Hedge Fund Challenges Latam Shareholders to Finance Airline’s Bankruptcy
Hedge fund Knighthead Capital Management and other investors challenged a proposed loan to carry Latam Airlines Group through bankruptcy, saying the rescue financing would enrich some of the company’s …
Lebanon’s cash crunch now faces a trash crisis, again!
Bankers have “smuggled” up to $6bn out of Lebanon since October, circumventing controls introduced to stem capital flight, according to the country’s former top finance civil servant, Alain Bifani, …