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Low unemployment hides slack in Japan's labour market

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JAPAN

Japan's labour market.

Japan's bright jobs data hide gloomier reality

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JAPAN

Japan's labour market.

Reality will fall short of Abe's 'womenomics' goals

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JAPAN

Japan's female workforce.

Japan's tight labour market will not push up inflation

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JAPAN

JAPAN: Tight labour market will not push up inflation

Japan recovery will rely on investment and exports

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JAPAN

Weak consumer spending data had already suggested the decline was coming, and the GDP data bore this out: real household consumption (excluding imputed rent) fell a sharp 3.5%…

Japan's fiscal stimulus will mute tax hike impact

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JAPAN

The macroeconomic outlook for Japan.

Wages weigh on Japan’s monetary policymaking

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JAPAN

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…

Inequality will worsen in Japan

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JAPAN

Greater labour force participation by women has mixed effects on inequality: it generates additional income, but with lower wage rates and benefits than for men.

Prospects for Japan in 2016

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PROSPECTS 2016

Prospects for Japan in 2016.

Labour market dualism drives inequality in Japan

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JAPAN

Inequality in Japan.