The World’s Largest Buyer of U.S. Debt Isn’t Going Away
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The Banking Crisis: A Timeline of Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse and Other Key Events
Silicon Valley Bank served the world of startups and their investors. As the tech industry boomed…
Bank of Canada Expected to Hold Rates as Surveys Point to Slowdown
OTTAWA—Economists widely expect the Bank of Canada on Wednesday to keep its main interest rate…
How Japan Kept Inflation Rates Low
The Bank of Japan’s headquarters in Tokyo, June 17, 2022.
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Japan Inflation Hits Four-Decade High, Pressuring Central Bank in 2023
TOKYO—Japan’s core inflation rose at the fastest pace in nearly 41 years in November, fueling…
Japan Bends to Global Forces Pushing Up Interest Rates
It capped an event-filled year for developed-world central bankers in which the Federal Reserve…
Time Might Run Out on Japan’s Low-Rate Policy
The country now finds itself in a dilemma. Inflation is rising, the yen plummeting, and some…