Japan
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Japan stocks rise, with exporters, metal shares up -
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Strength in exporter shares and a rebound in metal stocks helped overcome weakness in utilities early Monday to send the
Nikkei Stock Average up 0.7% to 9,630.04 and the Topix also higher by 0.7%. Exporters were ...
08:12 :
Japan to forgive $3.7 billion of Myanmar's debt -
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan said Saturday it will forgive about 300 billion yen ($3.7 billion) of Myanmar's debt and resume development aid as a way to support the country's democratic and economic reforms....
06:11 :
Japan to forgive Myanmar debts, restart loans -
Japan has agreed to forgive Myanmar 303.5 billion yen ($3.72 billion) in debt and overdue charges, and resume development loans to the Southeast Asian country, the two nations said on Saturday, in a move to help foster the nascent democracy's ...
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Forex Weekly Outlook April 23-27 -
The US dollar retreated as doubts about the US economy’s strength continue mounting. The US rate decision which also features a press conference by Ben Bernanke, is definitely the main event of the week, but a rate decision in Japan and initial ...
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Summary Box: Automakers run short of plastic -
THE PROBLEM: An explosion and fire last month knocked out a German factory that was a major supplier of nylon resin to the auto industry. That accident and last year's earthquake in Japan have exposed problems with the industry's "just-in-time" ...
13:38 :
Week Ahead: firepower, recession and volatility -
The UK may return to
recession, authorities in the US and Japan could signal more de-facto money-printing, and events in the eurozone – where the French elections are about to begin – could provoke more market tantrums. Zigzagging ...
10:05 :
Sweden: Caught between crisis and upswing -
Market Movers ahead US growth was probably a little on the low side in Q1, which we expect to be reflected in the week's press conference with Ben Bernanke, who is likely to continue to downplay the growth outlook but is still some way from announcing ...
08:28 :
Work toward a bailout fund means things are really bad -
Outlook: We are still waiting the other shoe to drop on a number of different fronts. We should assume that Lagarde will get the $400 billion and it will be seen as a rally-around-the-flag moment, even if it isn’t. First, it’s a small amount and a reduced ...
05:48 :
G20 meeting in NY later today -
EU Market Update: Recent instability regarding
Italy and
Spain were not yet reflected in German IFO data; G20 meeting in NY later today Economic Data - (RU)
Russia Narrow Money Supply Narrow w/e Apr 16th (RUB): 6.87T ...
05:24 :
Japan: Bad weather weighed on tertiary activity in February -
Economic activity in the tertiary sector was flat in February after a 0.6% fall in the January. Output in the wholesale, retail and transport sectors was depressed because of bad weather. Business surveys indicate that tertiary activity has picked up ...
03:04 :
Japan says IMF Lending to Expand -
Market Brief FX risk appetite returned slowly in the Asian session as news of the increased IMFs lending capacity helped ease European concerns. Asia’s regional indices were mixed with the
Nikkei lower by -0.19%, the Hang Sang +0.02%, and ...
00:56 :
Japanese Yen about to reach the lowest in two weeks -
Japanese yen tried to incline against the USD during the last session of the week, where the heavy selling operations hindered the Yen to gain against the USD, where the Yen is about to reach weekly losses that would be the biggest in two weeks.Governor ...
23:19 :
Japan says IMF to meet $400 billion target to boost firepower -
The International Monetary Fund is likely to achieve the touted $400 billion (249 billion pounds) boost to its financial firepower as more countries signalled readiness to contribute funds, Japan's finance minister said, in a sign the G20 has made progress ...
22:56 :
Lining up new board, Olympus hopes for fresh start -
TOKYO (Reuters) - Six months after the biggest scandal in corporate Japan for decades, shareholders of Olympus Corp were set on Friday to vote in a new board that will cement ties with its bankers but raise questions among foreign investors ...
21:56 :
IMF's Shinohara calls for more BOJ easing -
The
Bank of Japan should ease monetary policy further to support its still-fragile economy as it has room to take unconventional steps, a senior International Monetary Fund official said, warning that a lack of action could deepen ...
19:50 :
Tertiary industry index in Japan unexpectedly fell -
Japanese economy released the reading of Tertiary industry index for February to show an unexpected fell to be 0.0% from previous -1.7% revised to -0.7%, while expectations was leading to an incline with 0.7%.
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Japan tech stocks weigh on broader market -
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares added modestly to their previous-session losses, with the
Nikkei Stock Average slipping 0.3% to 9,560.49, and the Topix down 0.2% early Friday, tracking a negative lead from U.S. markets. Overnight ...
18:04 :
Japan's ruling party to review central bank law -
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japan's ruling party plans to discuss possibly increasing political control over the nation's central bank, though any actual legislative changes are unlikely in the near term, the business daily
Nikkei said ...
04:49 :
Japan: Strong rise in trade in March -
Both exports and imports grew faster than expected in March. Exports were boosted by a strong rebound in shipping to the US. Imports were underpinned by the increased demand for
fossil fuels following the shutdown of nuclear power stations. ...
03:56 :
Japan Swings to Trade Deficit -
Japan swung back into a trade deficit in March as a steady rise in energy imports outweighed a rebound in automobile exports after last year's flooding in
Thailand.
03:12 :
New Olympus management to face critics at meeting -
(04-18) 23:51 PDT TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Michael Woodford, who blew the whistle on massive fraud at Olympus Corp., isn't optimistic about winning change at the shareholders' meeting set for Friday. But he hopes for a...
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