Abenomics setback: Workers at Japan’s top companies get meager 2017 pay hikes

Most major Japanese companies offered the lowest hike in base pay in four years on Wednesday, a setback for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s campaign dubbed “Abenomics” to spur the long-sluggish economy. Toyota Motor’s base pay hike, traditionally a...

Indonesia export, import growth slow down in February

Indonesia’sexports and imports expanded at a slower pace in February compared to a month earlier, as expected in a Reuters poll, data from the statistics bureau showed on Wednesday. Shipments from Southeast Asia’s largest economy rose 11.16 percent on an...