The May 2025 edition of the global LEI chartbook can be found here. Additional details on the methodology are available here.

Rice prices in Japan have doubled since last year partly due to supply shortages that began last year, triggering a national ...

Below are the most important global events likely to affect FX and bond markets in the week starting June 16. An announcement by the U.S. Federal Reserve will be the focus of the week, where interest ...

With fresh tensions flaring between Israel and Iran and continuing disruptions from protectionist policies led by the US, central bankers appear to be exercising extreme caution.

Growth outlook for Europe is bolstered by government and defense spending. Meanwhile, Japan is at a turning point after ...

Japan's industrial production fell 1.1% month-over-month in April 2025, exceeding the initial 0.9% estimated decline and ...

Lie, C. (2025) Black-White Exchange Rate Dynamic Model. Theoretical Economics Letters, 15, 689-694. doi: 10.4236/tel.2025.153037 . This study aims to analyze the trend of the Japanese yen exchange ...

Japan’s largest businesses turned pessimistic for the first time in more than a year as Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs upended key sectors, a development that could complicate the Bank of Japan’s ...

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Carmen Reinhart, an expert on financial crises and sovereign debt, unpacks bond market ...

The economy faces pressure from U.S. import levies of 24% from July unless officials can negotiate them down. Japan's ...

An expert panel of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry recommended that when companies have excess funds on hand, they channel the money into capital investment rather share buybacks, ...

Q. Speaking of alliances, how are strategic ties between Japan and the US influencing this economic narrative? A. The US-Japan partnership runs deep, from economic cooperation to military ...