The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals to help fund the mercenary fighters of Russia's Wagner Group. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it has sanctioned four companies...
Japanese stocks climbed to finish the strongest quarter in more than a decade on a high note for the Nikkei 225 and Topix indexes, as signs of strength in both the domestic economy and the US made investors bullish. Topix Index rose 0.6% to 2,768.62 as of market close Tokyo time,...
Consumer price growth in Tokyo moderated while staying well above the central bank's inflation target, keeping authorities on track to consider more interest increases after they hiked earlier this month for the first time since 2007. Prices excluding fresh food rose 2.4% in March in the...
After last Friday's all-time high for a weekly close, gold picked right up where it left off last week, setting multiple all-time highs in both the spot and futures markets despite Fed Chair Powell's milquetoast Capitol Hill testimony and parallel all-time highs in equity markets and...
The yen held near a 34-year low, defying comments from Japanese government officials that once more threatened a possible market intervention. Other Group-of-10 currencies traded in tight ranges with many major markets including Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore shut to observe the Good Friday...
Britain's economy is "moving in the right direction" for the Bank of England to start cutting interest rates, Governor Andrew Bailey said as two of his colleagues dropped their vote a rate hike. The BoE's interest rate-setters voted 8-1 to keep borrowing costs at their 16-year high of 5.25% on...
Time | Country | Figures | Previous | Actual |
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06.30 | JPN | Tokyo Core CPI y/y | 2.5% | 2.4% |
06.30 | JPN | Unemployment Rate | 2.4% | 2.6% |
06.50 | JPN | Prelim Industrial Production m/m | -6.7% | -0.1% |
06.50 | JPN | Retail Sales y/y (JPN) | 2.1% | 4.6% |
12.00 | JPN | Housing Starts y/y | -7.5% | -8.2% |