Tokyo said it was ready to take any action if the yen’s instability carries on much longer – even though some analysts doubt whether they can make a difference

The results fuelled fears of stagflation - a mix of weak growth and rising inflation - as the world's third-largest economy contracted at an annualised rate of 1.0%

Comments reinforce expectations that Japan will remain an outlier in the global shift towards tighter monetary policy

The world's third-largest economy expanded an annualised 5.4% in October-December after contracting a revised 2.7% in the previous quarter

The level of stimulus spending has been in focus as Fumio Kishida's government has faced pressure from both sides within the ruling party

Recent investor optimism was shaken after Fitch cut the US’s rating following the long-running debt ceiling row between Republicans and Democrats

Investors in China have been opting for safer assets as the country's post-Covid recovery struggles to gain momentum, amid weak sentiment at home and geopolitical tensions

Increasing use of the Chinese currency is expected to slowly create an alternative payment system - one that avoids the risk of US sanctions

Shares of Adani Transmission and Adani Total Gas plunged by 20% on Monday, while Adani Green Energy sank by 16%. That has put a dark cloud over the group's share offer

Asian stocks were subdued mostly on Thursday as investors worried about a new Shanghai lockdown and possible rate hikes at an ECB meeting later today.

Over 20,000 bankers, traders and other workers are bedding down in office towers in Lujiazui district as they bid to keep China's financial hub ticking through its Covid lockdown

Chinese payment-related stocks jumped on Monday as investors wagered that kicking banks out of the SWIFT system would benefit China's own cross-border payment system, CIPS