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1 – 10 of 19Yen weakness in the face of persistently strong US interest rates argues for further monetary tightening but that is countered by wage- and price-growth in Japan remaining below…
Elevating stagnant wages is Tokyo’s top priority and anti-deflation tool, necessary in creating a virtuous cycle of rising prices and incomes that boosts economic growth.
JAPAN: By-election results will weaken government
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES286723
ISSN: 2633-304X
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JAPAN: Rate rises, and initial impacts, will be small
Lower household consumption, residential investment and companies’ capital investment all contributed to the 2.9% (annualised) contraction. Although inflation is decelerating…
JAPAN: Policymakers will consider spending and wages
The time may be right to move on from what was designed to combat deflation, and attention is being given to wages for guidance. However, rising prices are not feeding through…
In the 1980s, the country's high-cost and high-price economy was much discussed. Decades later, Japan looks like a comparatively low-cost, low-price and low-income developed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281050
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Tokyo must now decide whether the economy has finally turned a corner and entered a period of healthy wage and price growth that will last.
Japan's GDP growth rate for 2022 was announced the same day: 1.1%. The economy has not yet regained its 2017 output because of large pandemic-related losses and a consumption tax…