Crypto markets sold off sharply in August 2024 in response to global macro dislocation caused by Japan’s fiscal crisis, underscoring their sensitivity to liquidity shocks and systemic risk. In the ...

Japan submitted record budget, tax cuts, and deficit bond extension. Bitcoin faces short-term risk and long-term opportunity.

Japan’s 30-year bonds dropped after a debt auction drew the lowest demand since June, pointing to renewed concerns about Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s fiscal policy. The 30-year yield rose four ...

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart HunterJittery bond markets found reasons for calm as members of the Federal Reserve sounded a supportive note for rate cuts ...

TOKYO, May 27 (Reuters) - The markets will be closely watching an auction of Japan's longest tenor bonds on Wednesday to see if debt investors will continue to put up with the worsening finances of ...

Japan’s Finance Ministry will set a key rate used to calculate the country’s likely interest payments on bonds next fiscal year at 3.0%, the highest in nearly three decades, according to people ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan must fund any additional spending plans within its budget rather than issue more debt, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, urging the government to get its fiscal ...

Peter St. Onge is a senior economist for The Heritage Foundation's Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from ...

TOKYO, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Japan's annual bond issuance will likely surge 28% three years from now due to rising debt-financing costs, a finance ministry estimate reviewed by Reuters showed on Tuesday, ...