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Nissan Motor Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said the Japanese government's efforts to rein in the rise of the yen had failed, forcing manufacturers to reduce investment in Japan and shift output elsewhere. more...

Markets will be watching three major policy speeches Thursday, including President Obama and Fed Chairman Bernanke, but the speaker that may be most dramatic may be out of Europe. more...

The Bank of Japan will consider easing monetary policy further, possibly at an emergency meeting before next month's rate review, if further rises in the yen push down Tokyo stock prices enough to hit business sentiment, sources said. more...

The U.S. central bank's plan to keep interest rates low for an extended period could add inflation pressure in countries like South Korea, Finance Minister Bahk Jae-wan said on Friday. more...

The People's Bank of China set the yuan's mid-point at another record high on Thursday, marking the biggest two-day rise in the reference rate since early 2008, and prompting speculation among offshore forwards traders that it could be about to shift policy on the currency. more...

The Bank of Japan is expected to ease monetary policy at a rate review on Thursday that was cut short to one day after Tokyo intervened in the currency market to weaken the yen, a source familiar with the central bank's thinking said. more...

We need to add productive capacity in the U.S. economy. Keeping a close eye on equities, Treasurys and the currency markets, as QE2 ends today, with Bob Gelfond, MQS Asset Management CEO. more...

The retarding factors in the economic slowdown are being somewhat alleviated, and the Fed is changing its policy, ending QE2 this month, says Richard Fisher, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president/CEO, with CNBC's Steve Liesman. more...

A check on G8 leaders as they try to make some decisions on global aid, with CNBC's Ross Westgate. more...

China's central bank is caught in a vicious circle, one that means there will be no let up in its fight to keep sucking funds out of the banking system via further increases in already record high reserve requirements. more...

The IMF suggests easy money would ease Europe's debt crisis, but European Central Bank officials aren't swayed. Euro traders are happy. more...