A rapidly strengthening yen and a sell-off in stocks in the United States pushed Japan’s markets to a second consecutive day of big losses on Friday.
Category: Economic Conditions and Trends
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Riding With a Trucker, Witnessing India’s Past and Potential
Ragib Khan’s careful journey at the wheel of a long-haul truck revealed how far India’s infrastructure has come and how far it has to go.
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Why Global Investors Are Watching What Japan Does Next
Officials at Japan’s central bank are considering when to raise interest rates, as their counterparts in the United States plan to cut them, which could rattle markets around the world.
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Japan Wanted Higher Inflation. It’s Here, and It Hurts.
Japan’s economy is faltering after a rise in prices led consumers to cut back on spending.
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China Rules Solar Energy, but Its Industry at Home Is in Trouble
The solar sector shows how China conducts industrial policy: It chooses industries to dominate, floods them with loans and lets companies fight it out.
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China Unexpectedly Cuts Interest Rate as World Markets Sag
The central bank lowered a key rate in its latest effort to steady China’s economy, as Asian stock markets followed Wall Street down.
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China Shows Few Signs of Tilting Economy Toward Consumers in New Plan
The Communist Party rebuffed calls from economists to shift away from investment-led growth and toward consumer spending.
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China’s Leaders Offer High Hopes, but Few Details for Road to Recovery
Top officials emerged from a high-stakes meeting about lifting the economy out of its malaise with few signs of a fundamental rethink.
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U.K. Inflation Steady as Economists Puzzle Over ‘Taylor Swift Effects’
Consumer prices rose 2 percent in June from a year earlier, a bit higher than economists expected, with a big jump in hotel prices coinciding with a blockbuster series of concerts.
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U.K. Inflation Steady as Interest Rate Cuts Hang in the Balance
Consumer prices rose 2 percent in June from a year earlier, in line with the Bank of England’s target for the second month in a row.
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To Revitalize Britain’s Economy, a Plan for a Stronger Government Role
The Labour Party’s economic agenda, like many other programs around the world, puts political leaders more firmly in charge of industrial policy.