People learn about a self-cleaning robot at the 4th Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Sept 25, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Editor's note: China will continue to implement ...

Fiscal policy refers to the government’s choices about spending and taxation. Those choices ripple through the stock market, the bond market, and the overall level of confidence among investors. When ...

South Africa has recently reset its inflation target to 3%, with a one percentage point tolerance band on either side. The adjustment is a significant policy signal with implications well beyond the ...

Japan bonds, yen selling off on Takaichi's expansionary policy PM vows in election campaign to suspend sales tax on food Takaichi responding to intervention chatter, Bessent comments on yields Some ...

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is trying to balance economic growth and market confidence with her fiscal policy, Martin Petch, senior credit officer for sovereign risk at Moody's ...

Professor of Public Sector Economics at the University of Lagos, Isaac Nwaogwugwu, has described Nigeria’s new tax policy as a major reform capable of revolutionising the country’s fiscal system, if ...

On January 22, 2026, Prime Minister Takaichi held the first meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy in 2026 at the Prime Minister's Office. At the meeting, the participants engaged in ...

Simply sign up to the Sovereign bonds myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Japan’s snap general election on February 8 pits Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi against skittish and formidable ...

Matthew Rees, Head of Global Bond Strategies at L&G Asset Management, says investors are pricing in a massive premium at longer-end JGBs over fears that the Japanese government will inflate its debt.