Even before Trump’s tariff war hit in full Japan’s economy shrunk: Japan Q1 GDp -0.2% q/q (expected -0.1%) While everyone around the globe was cranking …
Japanese economic growth data for Q1 2025 (January – March) -0.2% q/q vs. expected -0.1% and prior +0.6% -0.7% annualised q/q expected -0.2%, prior +2.4% …
Japan finance minister Kato will discuss FX with Bessent in line with points agreed in prior talks FX should be determined by market excessive FX …
The Financial Times is gated, but in brief: Trump administration plans to put a number of Chinese chipmaking companies on an export blacklist (the “entity …
BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI). April comes in at 53.9 up from 53.2 in March fourth month in a row showing expansion …
HSBC argue for further yen recovery vs the USD citing heightened U.S. policy uncertainty resumption of pessimism toward the U.S. economy renewed expectations of Fed …
A piece in today’s Australian Financial Review on Australia not joining in on Trump’s trade attack on China. Trade Minister Don Farrell spoke in an …