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U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2022
U.S. Fed splits the difference on labor market pain
U.S. monetary policy makers bumped up their unemployment forecasts, but they're not ready to go full doomsday just yet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 22, 2022
U.S. Federal Reserve intensifies its battle against inflation
The central bank raises interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, causing markets to slump. Officials expect further increases.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2021
Tapering doesn’t mean tightening for central bank money printers
In recent weeks, the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it will start paring its massive bond-buying as soon as November and the Bank of England hinted that it may raise interest rates this year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2020
It's the Fed, not the White House, that matters most in Asia
Asia's monetary system depends on the stability of the greenback. Currencies are mostly priced against the buck with more than a few countries have soft pegs to the dollar.
EDITORIALS
Aug 1, 2019
The U.S. Federal Reserve cuts interest rates
The Fed's decision this week reduces its margin of error in addressing unexpected and expected developments, and increases the burden on other central bankers to be ready to step up as well.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2019
Central banks under siege of populism
In the age of Trump, the Fed's independence from the government is under even greater threat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 4, 2019
In apparent renewed criticism of his Fed chief pick, Trump says dollar is too strong
U.S. President Donald Trump said the dollar is too strong and took a swipe at Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as someone who "likes raising interest rates."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2018
Fed chair's job not in jeopardy and Trump happy with Treasury chief: White House economic adviser
The head of the U.S. Federal Reserve faces no risk of losing his job and President Donald Trump is happy with his Treasury secretary, a White House official said in an apparent attempt to calm Wall Street nerves frayed by Trump's criticism of the Fed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2017
Thank Yellen for strong U.S. economy
Most of the departing Fed chair's judgments seem on the mark.
EDITORIALS
Nov 7, 2017
Continuity, with a twist, at the U.S. Federal Reserve
Jerome Powell will provide more continuity than change in policy at the world's most influential central bank.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 6, 2017
The U.S. will soon have a new Fed chairman, but who is he?
Who is Jerome Powell, the man most likely to become the world's most important economic policymaker?
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 19, 2016
Why China's sale of U.S. Treasuries is great news
Japan's replacement of China as America's banker frees Trump to take a tougher stance against an assertive Beijing.
EDITORIALS
Sep 20, 2016
All eyes on the Federal Reserve
Central bankers have done their part to spur economic growth, it is up to politicians to do theirs.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2016
Fed is a prisoner of exaggerated expectations
The notion the central bank could orchestrate economic growth was optimistic and unrealistic.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2016
Yellen shows deft hand in Asian diplomacy
While its mandate is domestic stability, concerns about Asia's growth limits the Fed's ability to normalize rates.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2014
The Federal Reserve's culture war
The U.S. Federal Reserve wants to crack down on rogue individuals to reduce illegal conduct in the banking industry.
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2014
U.S. job market gains yet to convince Fed to hike rates
The Federal Reserve has been surprised by how quickly the U.S. labor market is healing but doesn't want to bring forward a planned rate hike until the recovery looks more convincing, according to minutes of its last policy meeting.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2014
Flexible exchange rates offset tapering effects
Since most major economies operate under a flexible exchange-rate regime, financial market concerns about capital flight from developing countries as the U.S. Fed exits its quantitative easing policy are largely unwarranted.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2014
The dollar and the damage done to markets
Put three financial events together, including the torpedoing of International Monetary Fundreform, and what you get is a U.S. that has renationalized the international lender-of-last-resort function.
EDITORIALS
Dec 23, 2013
Federal Reserve's taper begins
Although last week's long-awaited decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board to begin tapering off its bond-buying program proved to be a surprise, it was still the right move.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan to regularly accept assistant language teachers from India
Indian assistant language teachers pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador Keiichi Ono (center) at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Friday.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
At LDP’s post-election meeting, calls intensify for Ishiba’s resignation
Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba, flanked by LDP Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama (left) and LDP Vice President Yoshihide Suga, speaks at a meeting of party lawmakers and executives at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
‘Demon Slayer’ movie slashes its own box office records
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle” is the first installment in a trilogy that's set to wrap the anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotoke's manga about sword-wielding heroes fighting man-eating demons.
Amid fossil fuel shift in U.S., hope emerges for India and Japan tie-up on solar
A technician works on the assembly line at a solar panel manufacturing hub on the outskirts of New Delhi last October.
Japan and NATO to launch defense-industrial talks, top envoy says
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte looks at military equipment on the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami stealth frigate during a visit to the MSDF's naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April.
‘Killer satellites’ beware: Japan unveils first space defense guidelines
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks to reporters during a visit to the Air Self-Defense Force's Space Situation Awareness radar in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Monday.
Three decades and a pile of notebooks: The beat writer who chronicled Ichiro’s career
Reporters and photographers, including long-time baseball beat writer Keizo Konishi, swarm around Ichiro Suzuki during the World Baseball Classic in San Diego in 2009.
Tokyo is the No. 2 choice for international students
The University of Tokyo. International students are increasingly flocking to Asia, with affordability being a particularly important metric.

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