() -The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday but one dissenting board member's proposal to push up borrowing costs showed the central bank remains on track to tighten policy early next year. As widely expected, the nine-member BOJ board voted 8-1 to keep its short-term policy rate unchanged at 0.25% in a

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE () -The dollar flirted with a two-year peak on Thursday after the Federal Reserve signalled a slower pace of rate cuts in 2025, while the yen slid after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) stood pat on rates and offered few clues on its monetary outlook. The BOJ kept interest rates steady

HONG KONG () -The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on Thursday cut its base interest rate charged via the overnight discount window by 25 basis points to 4.75%, tracking a move by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Major Hong Kong banks followed with reductions, but some at a smaller magnitude. HSBC cut its Hong Kong dollar

HONG KONG () -The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) on Thursday cut its base interest rate charged via the overnight discount window by 25 basis points to 4.75%, tracking a move by the U.S. Federal Reserve. "The pace of (U.S.) interest rate cuts remains uncertain as it is dependent on U.S. inflation and labour market

() - Foreign investors divested Japanese stocks significantly in the week through Dec. 14, exercising caution ahead of policy meetings by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, and taking profits after a rally in the local market. According to data from Japan's Ministry of Finance, cross-border investors withdrew a net 587.6 billion

() - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Thursday, as policymakers preferred to tread cautiously in pushing up borrowing costs amid uncertainty over U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's economic plans. As widely expected, the nine-member BOJ board decided to keep its short-term policy rate unchanged at 0.25%. But hawkish board member Naoki Tamura

By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON () - President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday disrupted bipartisan efforts to avert a government shutdown as he pressured his fellow Republicans in Congress to reject a stopgap bill to keep the government funded past the end of the week. Trump instead urged Congress to pass

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE () - The dollar flirted with a two-year peak on Thursday after the Federal Reserve signalled a slower pace of rate cuts in 2025, while the yen slid to a one-month low ahead of a policy decision by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) later in the day. The hawkish tilt from

Investing.com-- Morgan Stanley (NYSE:) expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by a smaller margin in the coming year, with the central bank also expected to delay future cuts amid concerns over sticky inflation. Morgan Stanely analysts said they no longer expect a 25 basis point cut in January 2025, and that the Fed

By Jamie McGeever () - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.  The Federal Reserve has spoken, and as far as investors are concerned, the message was clear - clearly hawkish. Now it's over to the Bank of Japan and Bank of England, the two biggest and most important of the clutch of