A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be ...

TOKYO: Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 per cent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday (July 18), piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend.

A top Federal Reserve official said late Thursday that the central bank should cut its key interest rate later this month, carving out a different view than that of Chair Jerome Powell, who has been ...