As of March 31, 2025, the five countries with the highest IMF debt account for over half (57%) of the total IMF credit ...

In the Big, Bad, Budget Abomination, for example, there are two huge errors. The obvious one: they increased the deficit.

On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...

Aside from the question of growth, it remains unclear whether policymakers can reorient the country’s future trajectory ...

Economist Rob Shapiro warns that Trump’s policies and threats to the Fed could push the U.S. into a severe recession.

The AS global debt chartbook is my attempt at presenting an overview of global debt levels and an easy way to compare them ...

From dizzying highs to crashing lows, the cycle of speculative financial gain and putative returns continues t0 shape our ...

The 15% tax on imported Japanese goods is a meaningful drop from the 25% rate that Trump, in a recent letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said would be levied starting Aug. 1.

Japan’s government bond market is spinning out of control, and it’s dragging America into the mess. Volatility across Japanese government bonds has doubled in ...

The LDP's loss came in no small part due to the advance of the far-right Sanseito party, led by YouTube sensation and self-confessed Trump admirer, Sohei Kamiya ...