Topic: Japan
LONDON (Reuters) - With governments laboring under too much debt and banks hobbled by too little capital, 2012 is shaping up as another year of hard slog for Europe's economy that could yet test the single currency to destruction.The Netherlands on Thursday ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept monetary settings unchanged on Wednesday but cut its assessment of the economy on mounting evidence of the pain Europe's debt crisis is inflicting on global growth and Japan's recovery prospects.Slowing exports, worsening business sentiment ...
Japan called on Germany on Friday to step up and help plug the widening hole in Europe's finances, saying Berlin should play a leading role in creating a debt "firewall".Finance Minister Jun Azumi said the continent's largest economy needed to do more ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy rebounded as expected in the third quarter from a recession triggered by a devastating March earthquake on robust exports and consumption, but persistent yen strength and sluggish global growth cloud its outlook.Companies' efforts to restore supply chains ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - China has the scope to respond if global economic risks materialize, and the country's response could partially but not entirely offset the impact of a global crisis, the International Monetary Fund's Asia and Pacific director said on Thursday.Anoop Singh, ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are entering the fourth quarter with a slightly raised exposure to shares and holding high reserves of cash that could quickly be used to fuel a stock rally, Reuters polls showed on Thursday.Surveys of 59 leading investment houses ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Europe and the United States could slip back into recession next year unless they quickly tackle economic problems that could infect the rest of the world, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.The IMF said financial volatility had increased ...
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - The yen took a back seat at the Group of Seven finance ministers' meeting, which grappled with Europe's debt crisis and global economic slowdown, but Japan said it met little resistance to further intervention.The G7 economic powers gave ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy shrank in the second quarter at a faster pace than initially reported as companies held back on capital expenditure due to worries about a rising yen and faltering global growth.Economists say Japan is likely to resume growing ...
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. and euro zone governments drowning in debt should look no further than Japan to learn what happens when political deadlock stifles decisive policy-making.As Japan prepares to usher in its sixth prime minister in five years, Moody's this week ...
