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Jonnelle Marte
For Jonnelle Marte's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 3, 2023
What to watch as Fed readies to pause with one last hike
Fed watchers expect the U.S. central bank will deliver its final rate hike for a while on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2023
U.S. Fed chief softens tone and says March rate hike size is not yet decided
Powell repeated his message that the central bank is likely to take rates higher than previously anticipated, but he diverged slightly from his prepared remarks to qualify the statement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 14, 2022
Fed to downshift to half-point hike but points to higher peak
The tricky part for Chairman Jerome Powell will be convincing investors that this isn't a dovish pivot and that officials won't prematurely end their assault against inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2022
Jumbo Fed rate hike is in play as Jerome Powell sticks to hawkish view
Fed officials hope to engineer a rare soft landing where growth moderates and inflation falls with a low cost to employment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 7, 2022
Fed sees ‘more restrictive’ rates possible if inflation persists
The Fed's aggressive push to curb the hottest inflation in 40 years has convulsed financial markets, as investors fret that tighter monetary policy will tip the U.S. economy into recession.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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