The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner, Komeito, have finalized their respective emergency economic stimulus packages, both centering on steps to bolster domestic demand that has been sluggish since the April 1 consumption tax hike. The packages include measures to invigorate regional ...
Japanese homebuyers are piling into floating-rate mortgages, stirring debate over whether they are too complacent as Bank of Japan stimulus revives inflation. The proportion of home loans with adjustable rates climbed to 42.8 percent of Japan’s new lending in February, the highest since December, ...
The Federal Reserve has begun detailing how it plans to ease the U.S. economy out of an era of loose monetary policy, appearing near agreement on a three-pronged strategy to manage interest rates in the future, according to minutes of the last Fed policy ...
The government will forecast annual economic growth of around 1.3 percent in price-adjusted real terms for fiscal 2014, informed sources say. The new estimate, to be announced later this month, will be an improvement on the more pessimistic projection of 1.0 percent growth issued ...
The Abe administration's latest stimulus package has the central government spending more than it is due to receive in revenue from the fiscal 2014 tax hike, showing that the Japanese economy has yet to enter a self-sustaining cycle built on private-sector demand and investment.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet on Thursday approved a ¥5.5 trillion supplementary budget for fiscal 2013 to fund a stimulus package designed to minimize the negative impact of next spring’s consumption tax hike. Vowing to achieve fiscal rehabilitation, the government will not issue additional ...
Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari on Tuesday urged ministries and agencies to cooperate in finalizing by early December an economic stimulus package aimed at easing the negative impact of next year’s sales tax hike. “The new economic package would be aimed at ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has instructed his ministers to draw up a stimulus package in case the planned consumption tax hike in April harms the economy, Finance Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Abe discussed the matter with Aso, economic and ...
