TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan must maintain massive monetary stimulus and its dovish policy guidance until wages show clearer signs of increasing, one of its board members said, reinforcing the central bank's outlier status in a global wave of monetary tightening.

BEIJING (Reuters) -China will focus on creating jobs and promote fiscal, monetary and industrial policies to stabilise its labour market, Li Zhong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said on Thursday.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's message on inflation and interest rates at this year's Jackson Hole central banking conference in Wyoming will strike a tone entirely different from the soothing one he used at the same event just one year ago https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20210827a.htm.

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan must maintain massive stimulus to support an economy facing a resurgence in COVID-19 infections and slowing global demand, one of its board member said, reinforcing the BOJ's outlier status in a global wave of monetary tightening.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's central bank raised its key interest rate by a quarter-percentage point on Thursday and significantly lifted inflation forecasts, signalling more policy tightening, which sent bond yields and the local currency higher.

The Bank of Japan must maintain massive stimulus to support an economy facing a resurgence in COVID-19 infections and slowing global demand, one of its board member said, reinforcing the BOJ's outlier status in a global wave of monetary tightening.