Japan submitted record budget, tax cuts, and deficit bond extension. Bitcoin faces short-term risk and long-term opportunity.

Crypto markets sold off sharply in August 2024 in response to global macro dislocation caused by Japan’s fiscal crisis, underscoring their sensitivity to liquidity shocks and systemic risk. In the ...

Japan’s 30-year bonds dropped after a debt auction drew the lowest demand since June, pointing to renewed concerns about Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s fiscal policy. The 30-year yield rose four ...

Under the estimate, Japan would ​need to issue up to 38 trillion yen ($248.32 billion) worth of bonds in the fiscal year starting April 2029 to ​fill a hole from expenditure surpassing tax revenues, ...

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart HunterJittery bond markets found reasons for calm as members of the Federal Reserve sounded a supportive note for rate cuts ...

TOKYO, May 27 (Reuters) - The markets will be closely watching an auction of Japan's longest tenor bonds on Wednesday to see if debt investors will continue to put up with the worsening finances of ...

Peter St. Onge is a senior economist for The Heritage Foundation's Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from ...

Japan’s Finance Ministry will set a key rate used to calculate the country’s likely interest payments on bonds next fiscal year at 3.0%, the highest in nearly three decades, according to people ...

Japan has signed off on its largest spending blueprint on record, a plan worth roughly $785 billion that aims to support growth, bolster defense and cushion households from persistent price pressures.