May 21, 2024
Finance

Japan’s finance minister says ‘speculative’ moves in currency market impacting yen

The yen has been on a downtrend despite the BOJ’s decision on March 19 to end eight years of negative interest rates. Natanael Ginting | Istock | Getty Images Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Monday there were some speculative moves in the currency market that did not reflect economic fundamentals, repeating his warning against excessive yen declines. “We will watch currency market developments

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Finance

India set to be world’s third largest economy in 2027: finance ministry

A pedestrian speaks on a mobile phone as he watches a digital screen relaying the budget speech by Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in Mumbai on February 1, 2021. PUNIT PARANJPE | AFP via Getty Images In a report released Monday, the finance ministry said the

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