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Japan govt bond breaches yield cap, BOJ steps in with buying, loans
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BOJ’s Tamura warns of inflation overshoot, wage key to exit timing
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO/MAEBASHI, Japan (Reuters) -Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member Naoki Tamura on Wednesday warned…
South Korea to examine bank pay schemes, competition
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea launched a task force on Wednesday to study ways to improve business practices and pay…
MarketMind: Not if or when but how fast?
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Factbox-Four-day working week: some are seeing a win-win
By Mark John (Reuters) – British companies involved in the world’s largest trial of a four-day working week have mostly…
New Zealand hikes rates to over 14-yr highs, flags more to come; kiwi rallies
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand’s central bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points to a more than…
Australia wage growth hits decade high, but misses forecasts
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian wages grew at the fastest annual pace in a decade last quarter but that…
U.S. probes Wells Fargo’s retention of employee communications
(Reuters) – U.S. regulators are investigating Wells Fargo & Co’s retention of employee communications over “unapproved” messaging tools, the bank…
China boosts Australian coal imports on hopes for more easing of curbs -traders, data
By Muyu Xu and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Chinese utilities and traders have stepped up purchases of Australian coal in…