Japan's annual wholesale inflation hit 4.0% in February, data showed on Wednesday, underscoring pressure from rising raw ...

The Philippines’ rice import requirement may increase after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revised a key parameter ...

Inflationary pressure from wage gains and prolonged rises in food costs could prompt Bank of Japan board members to discuss ...

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Uchida Shinichi has played down expectations of another interest-rate hike any time soon, saying the conditions are not yet right.

However, the chance of another rate hike occurring at the May meeting will ... including a relentless spike in the price of rice - may heighten households' inflation expectations, the sources ...

The acceleration was slightly faster than expected, and was pushed up by higher processed food prices including a record 70.9% jump in the cost of rice ... of its next rate hike, rather than ...

Despite the surprising hold on policy rates last month, we expect the BSP to cut rates by 75bp to 5% in 2025. Weaker external ...