By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) - The global economy is likely to carry its solid momentum for the rest of the year and into 2025, defying earlier expectations of a slowdown, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said stronger growth ...

By Satoshi Sugiyama and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is concerned about negative effects of the weak yen, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday, in a fresh warning against speculators as the currency has continued to slide to lows ...

By Scott Murdoch and Melanie Burton (Reuters) -BHP Group shares fell 4% on Friday a day after revealing a $38.8 billion bid for Anglo American as investors feared a deal could erode BHP's profitability especially if it has to sweeten its offer. BHP ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan's capital slowed much more than expected in April and fell below the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, complicating its decision on how soon to raise interest rates. The reading ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan on Friday is set to project inflation will stay near its 2% target in coming years and signal its readiness to raise interest rates from near-zero, in hope of keeping yen bears from pushing the ...

(Reuters) - Credit scoring giant Fair Isaac Corp posted a rise in second-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by robust demand for its scores and software businesses. The seven-decade-old company is best known for its FICO Score, the standard ...

(Reuters) - U.S. forest product firm Weyerhaeuser on Thursday beat estimates for first-quarter profit on increased demand for housing construction. Tight supply of existing homes in the United States pushed buyers to opt for newly made houses, ...

(Reuters) - Capital One Financial's first-quarter profit rose 35% as customers paid more on the company's credit-card loans amid higher interest rates. Net interest income (NII) - the difference between what it makes on loans and pays out on ...

By Curtis Williams HOUSTON (Reuters) - The second-largest U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility has been running below 80% of its capacity due to technical problems, data from financial firm LSEG showed, denting U.S. exports. Since ...

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asia's market spotlight on Friday falls on the Bank of Japan's policy announcement, as the cat-and-mouse game of when or if Tokyo intervenes in the currency market continues, ...