Former Labor Secretary Stoked Dysfunction and Toxicity, Department Report Finds

Japanese ministries requested substantially more spending for next fiscal year, with some major items still unresolved and investors focused on how large the final budget will become, and how the government will pay…

Japanese households cut spending for an eight consecutive month as rising costs for daily necessities prompt consumers to pare discretionary purchases.

The biggest threat to central banks’ independence comes from governments pushing them to finance huge fiscal deficits, according to the Bank of England’s chief economist.

South Korea’s financial industry union plans to strike to protest the government’s push to relocate public institutions out of Seoul, escalating opposition to President Lee Jae Myung’s drive to spread economic activity…

As record temperatures sweep Europe, governments face hard trade-offs. Bloomberg Originals explores whether the continent can adapt to extreme heat amid political turmoil and economic scarcity. (Source: Bloomberg)

The Netherlands moved some 90 tons of gold out of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, the second European nation this year to announce it had decreased or eliminated U.S. gold holdings.