Bloomberg Japan and the US have agreed that US forces stationed in Japan won’t leave their bases except for essential reasons in an effort to stem the spread of Covid-19 cases, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday. His comments came as areas hosting or close to U.S. bases saw some of the biggest increases in infections on a ...

  Bloomberg Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro floated the possibility that public servants won’t receive a raise for the fourth year in a row, dismissing pressure by workers that has led to cargo holdups and work slowdowns. “It could be that there is no adjustment for anyone,” Bolsonaro said in Brasilia. “Anything is possible,” he added, emphasizing that raises aren’t a ...

  Bloomberg China’s central bank has fuelled expectation it will ease monetary policy early this year with its vow to take proactive action to stabilise growth in 2022. A growing number of economists are predicting the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will cut banks’ required reserves as well as policy interest rates in the first quarter, as fresh pandemic outbreaks ...