Inflation-adjusted real wages, a key determinant of households' purchasing power, slumped 1.8% in April from a year earlier ...

In 2008, the crisis began at the edges — in subprime loans, shadow banking, and undercapitalized financial institutions. That periphery has since been ringfenced with regulation, stress tests, capital ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan currently has no plan to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC) but must continue innovating its ...