TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda has the qualifications to run Japan's central bank, but the prime minister has yet to decide who he will nominate for the post, Economics Minister Akira Amari said on Tue sday. Kuroda, who was a career bureaucrat at the finance ministry and an academic before joining the ADB, is considered a leading candidate to take over at the Bank of Japan next month. Kuroda declined to comment on Monday on whether he is being courted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the position, telling reporters he is happy in his current position. … UK house prices dip more than forecast in January - RICS survey
LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices fell faster than expected in January, partly because bad weather discouraged viewings, but prices are likely to pick up later in the year, a survey showed on Tuesday. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) seasonally adjusted house price balance dropped to -4 in January from a slightly downwardly revised -1 in December. The reading fell short of economists' forecasts for -2 but still pointed to broadly stable prices. … NKorea vows more rockets, doesn't mention nukes
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea’s powerful politburo has vowed to continue firing “powerful long-range rockets,” but a statement made no mention of Pyongyang’s promise to conduct a nuclear test.
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