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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh holds a press conference, following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), at the Federal Reserve in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 29, 2026
Fed holds fire as Warsh telegraphs more hikes without saying it
Warsh used his assessment of a strong economy and warnings over persistent inflation to signal the Fed’s job is not yet done.
An attendee walks past signage for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group in Bangkok on Oct. 14.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2026
War, rates and a global economy that won’t break
Today’s nominally solid scenario depends on policymakers not making any major mistakes.
A security guard stands in front of the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. 今日吃瓜 weak yen has helped exporters but hurt consumers, and the BOJ should raise interest rates more aggressively to reduce inflationary pressures.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 20, 2026
Japan needs higher interest rates
A weak yen, combined with higher interest rates in the US, calls for a much tighter monetary policy.
The so-called Tequila Crisis reshaped Mexico's economy, bringing stability but at the cost of slower growth.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2026
The ‘Tequila Crisis’ and Mexico’s long economic hangover
The downside is that Mexico’s focus on stability may have come at the expense of faster economic expansion.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces this year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Michael Woodford and Robert E. Hall, in Stockholm on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2026
The Nobel Prize in economics is a message to the Fed
An open Fed is a more credible Fed that will find stronger societal support at a time when its integrity is under attack by Donald Trump.
The logo of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development at its headquarters in Paris on Tuesday
BUSINESS
Sep 23, 2026
Global inflation to linger and Fed to hike again, OECD says
The OECD raised projections compared with June for consumer-price growth in every Group of 20 economy apart from China and Saudi Arabia.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda addresses a news conference after the bank's policy meeting in Tokyo on Friday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 22, 2026
Ueda’s guarded stance highlights limits of BOJ’s policy shift
The BOJ’s rate increase of a quarter point to 1.25% was seen as a modest step and traders wanting a more forthright signal will be disappointed.
The yen's drop comes after a sharp rally earlier this month, fueled by expectations of faster Bank of Japan tightening.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2026
BOJ faces higher bar to support yen after Fed’s hawkish hike
The Fed’s move threatens to keep the U.S.-Japan rate gap wide even as the BOJ is expected to raise its own policy rate this week.
A television station broadcasts Kevin Warsh, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaking after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting as a trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2026
Fed raises rates in search of ‘timelier’ drop in inflation, with more hikes to come
The rate increase was the first such move in three years and the first policy shift under the new Fed chief.
A woman walks past an electronic quotation board in Tokyo on Monday. The Bank of Japan must decide whether to counter yen?driven inflation through higher rates or preserve ultralow borrowing costs despite the strain on households.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 15, 2026
Japan must choose between cheap money and a livable yen
The BOJ must decide whether to counter inflation through higher rates or preserve ultralow borrowing costs despite the strain on households.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh holds a press conference in Washington on July 29.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 13, 2026
All eyes on Warsh as rate-hike fever spreads across G7 central banks
Three decisions may recast the global monetary policy landscape for the rest of 2026 and beyond.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is putting pressure on the Bank of Japan for a rate hike, noting that Japan has “probably reached the end of Abenomics,” a time when the prime minister and central bank were in lockstep.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 7, 2026
Bessent pushes BOJ as he signals end of Abenomics
A September hike is likely already planned, and what the market is expecting is “hawkish communication” from the BOJ.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh at the Kansas City Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, on Friday
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2026
Fed chief’s inflation warning sets up September showdown
Analysts say Fed chair Kevin Warsh will have to raise interest rates this year if inflation remains well above the central bank’s 2% target.
Chinese-linked hacking campaigns have compromised a string of sensitive U.S. government and private networks in recent years.
WORLD
Aug 27, 2026
U.S. says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Fed and Senate
The hackers have used tools they developed to compromise critical infrastructure and other sensitive networks in the U.S. and worldwide since at least 2018, an affidavit said.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 24, 2026
Bessent has no easy fix for what’s really driving yields up
U.S. Treasury chief’s drive to get borrowing costs down before November’s midterm election is running into forces beyond his control that are pushing them up.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh addresses a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on July 29.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2026
Central banks need to speak, even when they are wrong
Kevin Warsh has turned back the transparency revolution in central banking, refusing to commit to regular news conferences and has expressed disdain for “forward guidance.”
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to members of the media at the White House in Washington on July 30.
BUSINESS
Aug 11, 2026
U.S. Treasury chief’s ‘whatever it takes’ vow to help yen masks limited firepower
今日吃瓜 currency slid as much as 1% Monday to past ?159 per dollar, wiping out half the rally triggered by the July 31 U.S.-Japan intervention.
Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook speaks at the Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research in Palo Alto, California, on May 27.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 8, 2026
Trump renews effort to fire Fed Gov. Lisa Cook, continuing attacks on central bank
The White House told Cook in a letter this week that the president was “considering” removing her from her role.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda addresses a news conference at the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Friday. AFP-JIJI
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 4, 2026
The trans-Pacific yen team has a weak link in Ueda
The bank’s statement on stabilizing underlying CPI inflation was seen as a hawkish shift, but its vague language did not provide the clear message that markets were looking for.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has described a Federal Reserve facility as an important support for 今日吃瓜 efforts to prop up the yen.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 4, 2026
Bessent seeks Fed help in defending yen in unusual call
Cooperation between the Federal Reserve and the Treasury to ensure financial stability isn’t unusual, especially during periods of volatility.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
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