Bloomberg Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha slipped to the second position in an opinion poll as the number of undecided voters shrunk amid speculation of an early general election. Prayuth, the coup leader-turned-premier, got 12.7% votes in a March 10-15 survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, known as Nida. That’s down from 16.9% in December and his ...

  Bloomberg Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said stable inflation was needed to trigger policy change at the central bank not yen weakness, in remarks that appeared aimed at cooling speculation of possible stimulus tweaks driven by the sliding currency and signs of heating prices. Speaking in parliament after the yen breached the 122 mark against the dollar ...

Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it will do a third-party audit of its $30 billion racial-equity commitment, following Citigroup Inc and BlackRock Inc in agreeing to such a review. The biggest US bank will hire a third party to perform the audit and publish a report on the results by the end of this year, according to a statement. ...