Japan
Japan's banking system relatively stable, says Moody's
Japan's banking system relatively stable, says Moody's
It warns of rising number of higher risk assets though.
Japan's structural reforms may prove counterproductive, says report
New labor laws blamed for weak inflation and consumer spending.
Japan's new monetary easing framework viewed as positive to the market
Another 10bps policy cut expected in the coming months.
Japan's key August economic indicators likely remained lukewarm
IP forecasted to have risen 1.3% MoM.
Japan's inflation seen bottoming out
It should rise to 1.0% by end-2016.
Croesus Retail Trust buys Hiroshima mall for over $40m
It is expected to provide stable income.
Japan's 2015 growth anemic at 0.4%
4Q15 GDP shrinks 1.4% q/q.
Japan’s megabanks saw 22.3% profit surge to ¥718.86 in 4Q14
Thanks to lower credit costs and growing overseas business.
Japan economy rebounds on strong production
Unemployment rate fell further to 3.4% in December.
Japan’s exports still negative apart from weak yen
There’s more to the “rosy figures”.
What Singaporean investors can expect from Okinawa’s development
A 40% tax cut in setting up business is expected to lure investors.
Second sales tax hike postponed from Oct 2015 to Apr 2017
Following release of a disappointing GDP.
Japan's services output shrank by 0.1% in August
Following even more sluggish industrial production results.
Japan’s outward investment in equities surges to 6-year high
Amid global economic recovery.
Japan's industrial production shockingly falls by 1.5% MoM
Drifting from consensus by a wide margin.
Japan-style CPI slowed 1.1% y-o-y in July
Declines in energy prices were pinpointed.
Sluggish Japan data raise questions over possible second sales tax hike in 2015
Officially, it's suggested it will be implemented.
Commentary
Where does value creation really happen?
Managing the cost of diverging standards: Why Singapore matters
Singapore’s AI ambition has an intelligence problem
Singapore is deploying AI at speed – and security risks are catching up
Precious metal boom is a stress test for Singapore’s gold ambitions
Singapore’s global dispute fault lines
‘Tokenmaxxing’ – The wrong AI race to run in Singapore
To outsmart modern fraud, we must first know the enemy
Why Singapore SMEs cannot wait for quantum cyber risk to arrive before securing data