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BOJ warns of financial system risks from investment fund activity
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - Investment funds play a key role in supplying risk capital but can also pose potential risks to a country's financial system, Bank of Japan executive director...
Thomson Reuters May 15, 2026
German economy to take hit from Iran war during Q2, ministry says
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT, May 15 (Reuters) - Economic growth in Germany, which was just 0.3% in the first quarter, will likely take a significant hit from the effects of the Iran war in the second q...
Thomson Reuters May 15, 2026
Analysis-Carry on trading: rate-based G10 currency bets make a comeback
By Alun John and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - The carry trade, where investors buy high-yielding major currencies and sell low-yielding ones, is having its best run in years, even with ...
Thomson Reuters May 15, 2026
Morning Bid: Yield surge spoils the equity party
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Stella Qiu Is the penny finally dropping for investors in stocks? The bond market has been sounding the alarm for weeks - runaway inflation ...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
BOJ expected to raise rates to 1.0% in June, hike again in October-December
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will raise its key interest rate to 1.0% in June, nearly two-thirds of economists said in a Reuters poll, as it presses ahead with effor...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
Volkswagen labour leaders stand by 'red line' on plant closures
By Christina Amann and Rachel More BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) - Top labour representatives at Volkswagen said they would not allow plants to be closed, while remaining open to proposals to secure the fu...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
World Bank forecasts Vietnam 2026 economic growth to slow to 6.8%
HANOI, May 15 (Reuters) - Vietnam's economic growth is expected to slow to 6.8% this year from an expansion of 8% last year, the World Bank said on Friday. The country's outlook remains solid but risk...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp visits China's state planner headquarters
By Ju-min Park BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) - GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp was seen on Friday in Beijing leaving a meeting at the headquarters of China's powerful state planner, the National Development a...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
Samsung's South Korean union sticks to strike plan after talks offer; shares slide
By Heekyong Yang and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, May 15 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics' South Korean labour union said on Friday it remained committed to a planned strike starting next week, even after the co...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026
Alphabet sells yen bonds worth $3.6 billion, largest such issue by foreign company
TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - Alphabet has sold 576.5 billion yen ($3.6 billion) in yen-denominated bonds, a term sheet showed on Friday, the largest-ever issue by a foreign company. It is the first yen-d...
Thomson Reuters May 14, 2026





