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People's Bank of China Gov. Pan Gongsheng meets with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Beijing in April.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2024
What will happen to China’s economy in 2025?
Economic activity in China has been relatively weak since the COVID-19 crisis. This was not unexpected, at least not at first.
While China's recent initiatives signal a willingness to address economic challenges, the road ahead remains difficult as the country's policymakers have yet to offer a clear road to success.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2024
A stimulus is good, but China still faces a hard slog
Beijing is back in investors' good books. To justify the euphoria, it needs some meaty goals.
The Federal Reserve building in Washington. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week he felt that the pre-pandemic years during which the Fed's rate hovered near zero for years and Europe delved into the exotic world of negative rates are gone for good.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 27, 2024
A global hunt for neutral rates to shape world finance costs
Policymakers are exploring whether the rates required to keep inflation in check and economies growing are higher now than the ultra-low ones before the pandemic.
The People's Bank of China building in Beijing
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 24, 2024
China unleashes stimulus blitz in push to hit annual growth goal
The People's Bank of China has announced moves to boost banks’ lending to consumers and corporates, and a cut to its key short-term interest rate.
President Xi Jinping last week appeared to signal tolerance for a rate slightly lower than 5%.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 16, 2024
China’s deepening slowdown tests Xi’s tolerance for growth miss
The People’s Bank of China signaled in a rare statement alongside disappointing credit data that fighting deflation would become a higher priority.
The People's Bank of China building in Beijing on May 29
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 22, 2024
China cuts key rate after Xi’s big meeting disappoints investors
The People’s Bank of China cut the seven-day reverse repo rate, a key short-term policy rate, in the first reduction in almost a year.
The People's Bank of China building in Beijing on May 29
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 5, 2024
China's central bank readies bonds to sell by tapping major banks
The bank said it has hundreds of billions of yuan worth of medium- and long-term bonds at its disposal to borrow.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) building in Beijing on May 29. The authority may soon start trading government bonds in the secondary market, according to a speech made by its chief on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 20, 2024
PBOC’s new tools may spur big shift in how it manages money
The PBOC is also considering narrowing the interest rate corridor within which market rates are allowed to fluctuate, to signal a clearer policy target.
Paramilitary police officers stand guard in front of the headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Beijing on Sept. 30, 2022.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 27, 2024
'Asset famine' in China curbs central bank's bond trading ambitions
The People's Bank of China's trading would help deepen the bond market by improving liquidity and reducing volatility.
Chinese President Xi Jinping made the call for the PBOC to gradually increase the buying and selling of government bonds in October but his remarks were publicized recently in a new book and newspaper article, hinting at a policy pivot for a central bank that hasn’t made a significant bond purchase since 2007.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 2, 2024
Xi’s cryptic bond comments hint at PBOC becoming more like Fed
PBOC could pivot toward strategies used by other central banks in heeding the call to "gradually increase the buying and selling of government bonds.”
A Chinese national flag flutters at the headquarters of a commercial bank on a financial street near the People's Bank of China in Beijing.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 6, 2023
Officials hit back after Moody’s downgrades China's credit outlook
The ratings agency downgraded its outlook from stable to negative, saying a need for bailouts could weigh on the country’s economic strength.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 3, 2023
Xi’s central bank shakeup prioritizes continuity over big change
The Chinese leader's elevation of a long-serving technocrat as the bank’s top Communist Party official signals policymakers will avoid any drastic shifts for now.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2023
China chooses continuity, retaining central bank chief and finance minister
China kept its central bank governor and finance minister in their posts in an unexpected move, prioritizing continuity as economic challenges loom.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 21, 2022
China's got problems, but inflation ain't one
China looks determined to quash — rather than live with — COVID-19. An overly muscular economic response, too, may do as much harm as good.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2021
China still needs an expansionary economic policy
The People's Bank of China (PBOC, the central bank) is likely to maintain its monetary policy stance, if not tighten it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 6, 2019
China cuts banks' reserve ratios, frees up $126 billion for loans as economy slows
China's central bank said on Friday it was cutting the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves for the third time this year, releasing 900 billion yuan ($126.35 billion) in liquidity to shore up the flagging economy.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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