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Japan Chart Book

Aims to give a monthly snapshot view of the economy in chart form.

Sample - Activity weak and business sentiment fragile

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Government support propping up the economyThe green shoots of recoveryEconomy paused but expected to rebound later in 2012Good start to 2012 but from a low baseActivity weak and outlook uncertainFading momentum points to slower growthActivity weak and business sentiment fragileMomentum fading amid fragile confidenceActivity leveling off in second half of Q3Turbulent times in the markets
Recovery levelling offWorst over but recovery still fragileA long way from recoveryOutput and spending plummetEconomy fragile even before disaster struckStuck on the runwayJumps in growth and inflation unlikely to be sustainedStill on recovery path (Sep 10)Momentum still positive but cracks appearing (Jul 10)Economic recovery helping to ease fiscal worries (May 10)
2010 looking good, but 2011 will be much worse (Mar 10)Flying start to 2010, but ... (Feb 10)A good start to 2010 (Jan 10)Plenty of life left in this recovery (Nov 09)Best of the G7 (Sep 09)So far so good (Jun 09)Down but not out (Feb 09)Deeper recession now likely in 2009 (Dec 08)First to recover as global inflation shock fades (Oct 08)Economic downturn to be shallow and short-lived (Aug 08)
Economy slowing, but Tankan reassuring (Jul 08)GDP growth on course for 2% this year (May 08)Economy to outperform low expectations (Mar 08)Already past the worst? (Jan 08)Incoming data suggest outlook deteriorating (Nov 07)Economy slowing, but no “hard landing” (Aug 07)Growth to beat the consensus (again) this year (Jun 07)Consumer spending becomes a key driver of growth (May 07)Consumer will have to offset industrial slowdown (Apr 07)Yen to rise further (Mar 07)
Rate outlook remains pivotal to any recovery in yen (Feb 07)Falling unemployment to boost spending and inflation (Jan 07)Household spending beginning to recover (Dec 06)Economy to rebound after a weak third quarter (Nov 06)Data not as poor as headlines suggest (Sep 06)First quarter was as good as it gets (Jun 06)Interest rates set to rise after next Tankan (May 06)Tankan posts the RIP for the ZIRP (Apr 06)Mixed signals in hard data, but surveys upbeat (Mar 06)Scene being set for end of zero interest rates (Feb 06)
Growth to top 2% again in 2006 (Jan 06)