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A sharp rise in consumer spending in the run up to the 1 st October sales tax hike will almost certainly be followed by a plunge in consumption this month. However, on a quarterly basis the swing in spending is likely to be more muted than around previous …
17th October 2019
Business surveys suggest that conditions in manufacturing worsened again in August. The Cabinet Office’s survey-based index of manufacturing conditions fell to its lowest level since 2011, when the country was recovering from the Great East Japan …
17th September 2019
Output per worker increased for the first time since 2017 last quarter. (See Chart 1.) GDP growth was stronger than expected at 1.1% y/y despite a sharp moderation in employment growth. Employment growth averaged only 0.7% y/y, down from over 2% late last …
21st August 2019
The Bank of Japan’s annual purchases of JGBs have dropped to less than half of the official target of “about 80 trillion yen.” (See Chart 1.) Since the launch of yield curve control in September 2016 the Bank has slowed its JGB purchases as higher …
17th July 2019