Tag: banking

"The BOJ shouldn't be buying ETFs this much. It probably wants to change its current commitment so it can more easily slow the pace of buying, without giving markets the impression it is tightening ... ( read original story ...)

Yoshihide Suga's approval rating has been falling rapidly. The question is whether his premiership is beyond repair. ( read original story ...)

Fresh from a blistering rally on Thursday, cryptocurrency Dogecoin is soaring again atop a wave of demand churned up in chat rooms and on social media. ( read original story ...)

The Philippines is a cash based society where 71% of adults don't even have a bank account — but there are growing signs it's going to leapfrog directly to the future of fintech through its embrace of ... ( read original story ...)

WeWork is in talks to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and is also exploring raising funds from private investors, a little over a year after its botched ... ( read original story ...)

SAP hailed the U.S. stock market listing of its Qualtrics unit, saying that investors should take it as a cue to reconsider whether its own share price fairly reflected the value of its cloud assets. ( read original story ...)

Japanese shares slipped on Friday, giving up early gains, as a boost from technology companies reporting upbeat earnings was overshadowed by investors' profit-taking and rebalancing at the end of ... ( read original story ...)

Redditors have hit the crypto market, surging the cryptocurrency Dogecoin—which was originally created as a joke —by over 500% in a 24-hour period where they were largely cut off from popular meme ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened up 0.44 percent at 28,320.72 on Friday, while the broader Topix gained 0.33 percent at 1,844.92. TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average The ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory output fell 1.6% in December, government data showed on Friday, compared with the median market forecast for a 1.5% contraction. Manufacturers surveyed by the Ministry of Economy, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's jobless rate held steady at 2.9% in December and the availability of jobs was unchanged from the previous month, government data showed on Friday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate ... ( read original story ...)

Happy Friday, Asia. Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help take you through to the weekend. ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have climbed after stock trading app Robinhood stepped in to restrict users from GameStop and other stocks that have surged in recent ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's parliament passed two extra budgets for fiscal 2020 totaling 57.6 trillion yen to finance economic stimulus steps to counter the pandemic. Among the past measures were 100,000 yen cash ... ( read original story ...)

The crypto forum's users made references to the GameStop saga blown up by the WSB subreddit, urging people to buy into Dogecoin. ( read original story ...)

More than $750 billion has been added to the total crypto market cap since the start of 2020, but according to Barry Silbert, founder of Grayscale ... ( read original story ...)