TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan should continue to proceed with monetary tightening, which would support a normalization of the yen's weakness and rebalancing of bilateral trade, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday. BOJ policy tightening should continue to proceed in response to domestic economic fundamentals including growth and inflation, supporting a normalization of the yen's weakness against the...

* Vietnam is in talks with Washington to avoid punitive tariffs * Exports to US and imports from China jump in May * In April, only China and EU had surpluses higher than Vietnam (Recasts and writes through, changes media packaging information) By Francesco Guarascio, Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen HANOI, June 6 (Reuters) - Vietnam's trade surplus with the...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. job growth likely slowed considerably in May as businesses struggled with headwinds from tariff uncertainty, but probably not enough for a cautious Federal Reserve to resume cutting interest rates anytime soon. The Labor Department's closely watched employment report on Friday is also expected to show the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.2% for the third straight month...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House aides scheduled a call between Donald Trump and Elon Musk for Friday, Politico reported, after a huge public spat that saw threats fly over government contracts and ended with the world's richest man suggesting the U.S. president should be impeached. The reported call could ease the feuding after an extraordinary day of hostilities - largely conducted...