BOJ stands pat, keeps accommodative financial conditions
TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan kept its policy unchanged on Friday, holding off on additional actionto deter further selling of the embattled Japanese currency.
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TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan kept its policy unchanged on Friday, holding off on additional actionto deter further selling of the embattled Japanese currency.
The Bank of Japan kept its policy rate unchanged Friday after its monetary policy meeting, holding its benchmark policy rate at 0%-0.1%.
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Core inflation in Japan's capital slowed for a second month in April to fall below the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, complicating its decision on how soon to raise interest rates.
U.S. economic growth was much weaker than expected to start the year, and prices rose at a faster pace, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
Mining giant BHP Group on Thursday said it had made an all-share takeover offer for rival Anglo American, valuing the smaller company at £31.1 billion ($38.9 billion).
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Neighbors Pakistan and Iran on Wednesday pledged to enhance efforts at a “united front” against Afghanistan-based militants, saying their presence poses a serious threat to regional and global security.
UBS Group Chairman Colm Kelleher on Wednesday said that the Swiss bank is "not too big to fail," as he criticized Swiss government proposals to strengthen its capital requirements.
Avani Dias, South Asia correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), was busy with work when she received a call last month from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs telling her that her routine visa extension would be denied.