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Japan finance minister on yen's depreciation

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2026, following the yen's depreciation to 159 against the U.S. dollar amid speculation that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will accelerate expansionary fiscal policy after an expected general election.

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Takaichi at economic and fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (blue) speaks at a Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meeting at her office in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025.

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Takaichi at economic and fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (blue) speaks at a Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meeting at her office in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025.

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Takaichi at economic and fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meeting at her office in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025.

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Eurogroup Ministers Meeting - Brussels

French Minister of the Economy, Finance Eric Lombard talks to media prior the start of the Eurogroup ministers meeting in the Europa, the EU Council headquarter on November 12, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The Eurogroup will discuss the latest economic and fiscal developments, focusing on inflation and budgetary trends. They will also address the challenges faced by the euro area in a changing global context, including geopolitical and technological shifts, and outline priorities ahead of the 2026 euro area recommendations. Ministers are expected to agree on the Eurogroup's role in strengthening fiscal policy coordination. They will also be updated on the digital euro project and discuss the way forward on stablecoins. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eurogroup Ministers Meeting - Brussels

President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde (L) talks with the Finnish Finance Minister, from right-wing populist political party True Finns, Riikka Katriina Purra (R) prior the start of the Eurogroup ministers meeting in the Europa, the EU Council headquarter on November 12, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The Eurogroup will discuss the latest economic and fiscal developments, focusing on inflation and budgetary trends. They will also address the challenges faced by the euro area in a changing global context, including geopolitical and technological shifts, and outline priorities ahead of the 2026 euro area recommendations. Ministers are expected to agree on the Eurogroup’s role in strengthening fiscal policy coordination. They will also be updated on the digital euro project and discuss the way forward on stablecoins. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eurogroup Ministers Meeting - Brussels

French Directorate General of the Treasury Bertrand Dumont (L) talks with the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde (C) and the Finnish Finance Minister, from right-wing populist political party True Finns, Riikka Katriina Purra (R) prior the start of the Eurogroup ministers meeting in the Europa, the EU Council headquarter on November 12, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The Eurogroup will discuss the latest economic and fiscal developments, focusing on inflation and budgetary trends. They will also address the challenges faced by the euro area in a changing global context, including geopolitical and technological shifts, and outline priorities ahead of the 2026 euro area recommendations. Ministers are expected to agree on the Eurogroup’s role in strengthening fiscal policy coordination. They will also be updated on the digital euro project and discuss the way forward on stablecoins. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eurogroup Ministers Meeting - Brussels

French Directorate General of the Treasury Bertrand Dumont (L) talks with the French Minister of the Economy, Finance Eric Lombard (C) and the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde (R) prior the start of the Eurogroup ministers meeting in the Europa, the EU Council headquarter on November 12, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The Eurogroup will discuss the latest economic and fiscal developments, focusing on inflation and budgetary trends. They will also address the challenges faced by the euro area in a changing global context, including geopolitical and technological shifts, and outline priorities ahead of the 2026 euro area recommendations. Ministers are expected to agree on the Eurogroup’s role in strengthening fiscal policy coordination. They will also be updated on the digital euro project and discuss the way forward on stablecoins. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eurogroup Ministers Meeting - Brussels

French Minister of the Economy, Finance Eric Lombard talks to media prior the start of the Eurogroup ministers meeting in the Europa, the EU Council headquarter on November 12, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The Eurogroup will discuss the latest economic and fiscal developments, focusing on inflation and budgetary trends. They will also address the challenges faced by the euro area in a changing global context, including geopolitical and technological shifts, and outline priorities ahead of the 2026 euro area recommendations. Ministers are expected to agree on the Eurogroup's role in strengthening fiscal policy coordination. They will also be updated on the digital euro project and discuss the way forward on stablecoins. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eurogroup Ministers Meeting - Brussels

French Minister of the Economy, Finance Eric Lombard talks to media prior the start of the Eurogroup ministers meeting in the Europa, the EU Council headquarter on November 12, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The Eurogroup will discuss the latest economic and fiscal developments, focusing on inflation and budgetary trends. They will also address the challenges faced by the euro area in a changing global context, including geopolitical and technological shifts, and outline priorities ahead of the 2026 euro area recommendations. Ministers are expected to agree on the Eurogroup's role in strengthening fiscal policy coordination. They will also be updated on the digital euro project and discuss the way forward on stablecoins. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eurogroup Ministers Meeting - Brussels

French Minister of the Economy, Finance Eric Lombard talks to media prior the start of the Eurogroup ministers meeting in the Europa, the EU Council headquarter on November 12, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The Eurogroup will discuss the latest economic and fiscal developments, focusing on inflation and budgetary trends. They will also address the challenges faced by the euro area in a changing global context, including geopolitical and technological shifts, and outline priorities ahead of the 2026 euro area recommendations. Ministers are expected to agree on the Eurogroup's role in strengthening fiscal policy coordination. They will also be updated on the digital euro project and discuss the way forward on stablecoins. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eurogroup Ministers Meeting - Brussels

French Minister of the Economy, Finance Eric Lombard talks to media prior the start of the Eurogroup ministers meeting in the Europa, the EU Council headquarter on November 12, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The Eurogroup will discuss the latest economic and fiscal developments, focusing on inflation and budgetary trends. They will also address the challenges faced by the euro area in a changing global context, including geopolitical and technological shifts, and outline priorities ahead of the 2026 euro area recommendations. Ministers are expected to agree on the Eurogroup's role in strengthening fiscal policy coordination. They will also be updated on the digital euro project and discuss the way forward on stablecoins. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Eurogroup Ministers Meeting - Brussels

French Minister of the Economy, Finance Eric Lombard talks to media prior the start of the Eurogroup ministers meeting in the Europa, the EU Council headquarter on November 12, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The Eurogroup will discuss the latest economic and fiscal developments, focusing on inflation and budgetary trends. They will also address the challenges faced by the euro area in a changing global context, including geopolitical and technological shifts, and outline priorities ahead of the 2026 euro area recommendations. Ministers are expected to agree on the Eurogroup's role in strengthening fiscal policy coordination. They will also be updated on the digital euro project and discuss the way forward on stablecoins. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister Kiuchi

New Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Minoru Kiuchi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, following the inauguration of the government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the previous day.

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Lineup of Japan PM Takaichi's Cabinet

Minoru Kiuchi, who is set to become minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, before an attestation ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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Plan to set up baby hatch in Osaka

Hiroyasu Chiyomatsu, mayor of Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, explains the policy of setting up a baby hatch that enables parents to anonymously leave infants they are unable to care for, on May 29, 2025, at the city office. The western Japan city government said it plans to launch a baby hatch and a "confidential birth" system that allows women to give birth without revealing their identities except to the hospital, by the end of fiscal 2026 in cooperation with a local medical institution.

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Plan to set up baby hatch in Osaka

Hiroyasu Chiyomatsu, mayor of Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, explains the policy of setting up a baby hatch that enables parents to anonymously leave infants they are unable to care for, on May 29, 2025, at the city office. The western Japan city government said it plans to launch a baby hatch and a "confidential birth" system that allows women to give birth without revealing their identities except to the hospital, by the end of fiscal 2026 in cooperation with a local medical institution.

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Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from L) speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024.

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Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura attends a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024.

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Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024.

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Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024.

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Japan gov't economic, fiscal policy meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024.

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Finance ministry forecast

27.08.2024, Tallinn. The Ministry of Finance published its summer economic outlook, which predicts the anticipated revival in external demand in the second half of this year will also be reflected in Estonia's export volumes recovering. The forecast was introduced by Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi, head of the fiscal policy department Raoul Lättemäe and head of the Public Finance Service Kadri Klaos Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Finance ministry forecast

27.08.2024, Tallinn. The Ministry of Finance published its summer economic outlook, which predicts the anticipated revival in external demand in the second half of this year will also be reflected in Estonia's export volumes recovering. The forecast was introduced by Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi, head of the fiscal policy department Raoul Lättemäe and head of the Public Finance Service Kadri Klaos Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Finance ministry forecast

27.08.2024, Tallinn. The Ministry of Finance published its summer economic outlook, which predicts the anticipated revival in external demand in the second half of this year will also be reflected in Estonia's export volumes recovering. The forecast was introduced by Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi, head of the fiscal policy department Raoul Lättemäe and head of the Public Finance Service Kadri Klaos Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Finance ministry forecast

27.08.2024, Tallinn. The Ministry of Finance published its summer economic outlook, which predicts the anticipated revival in external demand in the second half of this year will also be reflected in Estonia's export volumes recovering. The forecast was introduced by Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi, head of the fiscal policy department Raoul Lättemäe and head of the Public Finance Service Kadri Klaos Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Finance ministry forecast

27.08.2024, Tallinn. The Ministry of Finance published its summer economic outlook, which predicts the anticipated revival in external demand in the second half of this year will also be reflected in Estonia's export volumes recovering. The forecast was introduced by Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi, head of the fiscal policy department Raoul Lättemäe and head of the Public Finance Service Kadri Klaos Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Finance ministry forecast

27.08.2024, Tallinn. The Ministry of Finance published its summer economic outlook, which predicts the anticipated revival in external demand in the second half of this year will also be reflected in Estonia's export volumes recovering. The forecast was introduced by Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi, head of the fiscal policy department Raoul Lättemäe and head of the Public Finance Service Kadri Klaos Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Finance ministry forecast

27.08.2024, Tallinn. The Ministry of Finance published its summer economic outlook, which predicts the anticipated revival in external demand in the second half of this year will also be reflected in Estonia's export volumes recovering. The forecast was introduced by Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi, head of the fiscal policy department Raoul Lättemäe and head of the Public Finance Service Kadri Klaos Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Finance ministry forecast

27.08.2024, Tallinn. The Ministry of Finance published its summer economic outlook, which predicts the anticipated revival in external demand in the second half of this year will also be reflected in Estonia's export volumes recovering. The forecast was introduced by Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi, head of the fiscal policy department Raoul Lättemäe and head of the Public Finance Service Kadri Klaos Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Finance ministry forecast

27.08.2024, Tallinn. The Ministry of Finance published its summer economic outlook, which predicts the anticipated revival in external demand in the second half of this year will also be reflected in Estonia's export volumes recovering. The forecast was introduced by Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi, head of the fiscal policy department Raoul Lättemäe and head of the Public Finance Service Kadri Klaos Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Japan PM Kishida at economic policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 4, 2024.

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Japan PM Kishida at economic policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 4, 2024.

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Japan PM Kishida at economic policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 4, 2024.

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Japan PM Kishida at economic policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 2, 2024.

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Japan PM Kishida at economic policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 2, 2024.

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CHINA-MACAO-CHIEF EXECUTIVE-HO IAT SENG-POLICY ADDRESS (CN)

(231114) -- MACAO, Nov. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ho Iat Seng, chief executive of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), delivers a policy address for fiscal year 2024 in Macao, south China, Nov. 14, 2023. TO GO WITH "Macao SAR chief executive delivers policy address on economic recovery, diversification" (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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Japan PM Kishida at economic policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida at economic policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) attends a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2023.

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Indonesia's inflation rises in August

STORY: Indonesia's inflation rises in August DATELINE: Sept. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in Jakarta 2. various of streets 3. various of vendors and shoppers STORYLINE: Indonesia's inflation rate for August rose from the previous month's 3.08 percent to 3.27 percent, both of which were within the goal range of 2 to 4 percent set by the central bank. Transportation has been one of the major drivers of inflation for months, along with food commodities, and tobacco, said Statistics Indonesia BPS Deputy for Distribution and Services Statistics Pudji Ismartini. Several initiatives to manage commodity prices, maintain supply availability, facilitate distribution, and monetary and fiscal policy, as well as the real sector, were successful in bringing inflation under control faster than the target, according to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto. The country is targeting inflation to reach a range of 1.5 to 3.5 percen

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Press conference of Finance Ministry

24.08.2023, Tallinn. The ministry is forecasting a recession of 2 percent this year, but 2.7 percent economic growth next year. Inflation, meanwhile, is expected to slow to 9.6 percent this year, 4.6 percent next year and 2.5 percent in 2025. This forecast will be used by the Estonian government as the basis for drawing up the 2024 state budget bill. The prognosis was introduced by Minister of Finance Mart Võrklaev, Raoul Lättemäe, director of the ministry's Fiscal Policy Department and Kadri Klaos, director of the ministry's Public Finance Service. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Press conference of Finance Ministry

24.08.2023, Tallinn. The ministry is forecasting a recession of 2 percent this year, but 2.7 percent economic growth next year. Inflation, meanwhile, is expected to slow to 9.6 percent this year, 4.6 percent next year and 2.5 percent in 2025. This forecast will be used by the Estonian government as the basis for drawing up the 2024 state budget bill. The prognosis was introduced by Minister of Finance Mart Võrklaev, Raoul Lättemäe, director of the ministry's Fiscal Policy Department and Kadri Klaos, director of the ministry's Public Finance Service. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Press conference of Finance Ministry

24.08.2023, Tallinn. The ministry is forecasting a recession of 2 percent this year, but 2.7 percent economic growth next year. Inflation, meanwhile, is expected to slow to 9.6 percent this year, 4.6 percent next year and 2.5 percent in 2025. This forecast will be used by the Estonian government as the basis for drawing up the 2024 state budget bill. The prognosis was introduced by Minister of Finance Mart Võrklaev, Raoul Lättemäe, director of the ministry's Fiscal Policy Department and Kadri Klaos, director of the ministry's Public Finance Service. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Press conference of Finance Ministry

24.08.2023, Tallinn. The ministry is forecasting a recession of 2 percent this year, but 2.7 percent economic growth next year. Inflation, meanwhile, is expected to slow to 9.6 percent this year, 4.6 percent next year and 2.5 percent in 2025. This forecast will be used by the Estonian government as the basis for drawing up the 2024 state budget bill. The prognosis was introduced by Minister of Finance Mart Võrklaev, Raoul Lättemäe, director of the ministry's Fiscal Policy Department and Kadri Klaos, director of the ministry's Public Finance Service. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Japan's economic and fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting of the government's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 25, 2023.

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Japan's economic and fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) speaks at a meeting of the government's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 25, 2023.

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Main cause of U.S. debt crisis is political, not economic: Italian economist

STORY: Main cause of U.S. debt crisis is political, not economic: Italian economist DATELINE: July 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Andrew Spannaus 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANDREW SPANNAUS, Lecturer of Catholic University of Milan 3. various of U.S. dollar and Euro 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANDREW SPANNAUS, Lecturer of Catholic University of Milan STORYLINE: The U.S. debt crises have exposed flaws in U.S. politics and fiscal policy, an Italian economist has said, warning governments and investors around the world to be alerted. Andrew Spannaus, lecturer of Catholic University of Milan, said the U.S. government bonds have long been considered as a safe asset, but investors' confidence has been affected by the repeated debt crises which erode the creditworthiness of the U.S. government and the value of dollar assets. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANDREW SPANNAUS, Lecturer of Catholic University of Milan "The biggest problem is for the bond markets because the mar

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India's central bank expects growth rate at 6.5 pct this fiscal year

STORY: India's central bank expects growth rate at 6.5 pct this fiscal year DATELINE: June 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of Indian government buildings 3. various of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) building 4. various of markets in New Delhi 5. various of traffic in New Delhi STORYLINE: The rate of inflation in India during the current fiscal year (April 2023-March 2024) is expected to remain above 4 percent, while the country's economy is likely to grow at 6.5 percent, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday. Announcing the monetary policy in the financial capital Mumbai, the central bank governor said the Indian economy was strongly placed at a time of global uncertainties. "We can derive satisfaction from the fact that the Indian economy and the financial sector stand out as strong and resilient in a world of unprecedented headwinds and swift cross currents. Unlike the previous three

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) speaks at the government's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 7, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the government's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 7, 2023.