Bloomberg Japan’s key consumer prices continued to rise at the same pace in July, amid increasing speculation that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may ramp up its stimulus as early as next month. Prices excluding fresh food rose 0.6% in July from a year earlier, matching economists’ median estimate, according to data from the internal affairs ministry. The downward impact of ...

Bloomberg Asia’s cocoa industry is scouring for ways to boost local bean supplies as the region’s chocoholics munch through more candy than ever. The solution is to increase production in Indonesia, the top supplier and processor in the region, according to the Cocoa Association of Asia. But that’s going to be a tough assignment because it means reversing a relentless ...

Bloomberg Singapore is offering a rare opportunity to buy positive-yielding quality bonds in a world that’s rapidly turning negative. The city state, which pays the highest returns among economies that have AAA credit ratings from all three major agencies, will sell reopened July 2029 government debt worth S$2.9 billion ($2.1 billion) on Wednesday, the second-largest amount on record for 10-year ...