Japan Week Ahead: MOF Quarterly Business Survey to Provide Clues to Supply-Side Capex, Inventories in Revised Q2 GDP
–Consumption Appears to Have Made Resilient but Lackluster Start to Q3 By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese economic events for the coming week. – Monday, Sept. 1 0850 JST (2350 GMT/1950 EDT Thursday, Aug) The Ministry of Finance releases the Financial Statements Statistics of Corporations by Industry for the April-June quarter […]
Japan Weekahead: Factory Output to Slip Back amid Lingering Trade Woes; Retail Sales Sluggish on Waning Inbound Spending Magic, Front-Loaded Air Conditioner Demand
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese economic events for the coming week. The world trade uncertainty has been reduced somewhat by accords between Washington and some U.S. allies, except for Canada, but President Trump’s erratic policymaking is leaving firms wary of making plans. Trump tariffs are taking their toll on Japanese […]
Japan Weekahead: Export Values Set to Post 3rd Straight Y/Y Drop as Trump Tariffs Forcing Carmakers to Cut Prices for US Customers; Inflation to Ease Further on Fuel Subsidies
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese economic events for the coming week. President Trump’s high import duties have prompted Toyota and other carmakers to trim sales prices for U.S. buyers in a bid to protect their market share in the world’s largest economy. This has led to a fall in overall […]
Japan Weekahead: Producer Inflation Easing Further below 3%, Q2 GDP to Post Slight Rebound, Confirming Resilience Against Drag from Tariffs, High Costs of Living
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese economic events for the coming week when many people take some time off for the annual Obon holiday around Aug. 15 to bring in and send back their ancestors’ sprits. It is not a public holiday and markets will stay open but trading volumes are […]
Preview: Japan Q2 GDP to Post Only Slight Growth after 1st Contraction in 4 Quarters in Q1 as Fear of Trump Tariff Fallout Peaks
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s gross domestic product is forecast to be nearly flat, up just 0.1% on quarter, or an annualized 0.4%, in the April-June quarter, at the peak of the fear that the protectionist U.S. trade policy could plunge the global economy into a tailspin. The forecasts range from a 0.1% drop […]
Japan Weekahead: Real Wages Continue Falling, Household Spending to Show Sluggish but Resilient Consumption Ahead of Expected Slight Q2 GDP Rise
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese economic events for the coming week. Following the widely expected no change in the Bank of Japan’s policy stance last week, demand side data is expected to show lackluster but somewhat resilient consumer spending. Economists didn’t wait to see June and second quarter household spending […]
Japan Expects Gradual Economic Recovery in Light of Trade Accord with US but Warns Drag from Trump Tariffs Still Needs Close Watch
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s government is looking at the bright side of trade rows in the wake of a bilateral deal with the Trump administration, sticking to its long-held conviction that the economy is expected stay on a “modest recovery” track but also warned that uncertainty remains. In its monthly report for July […]
Japan Weekahead: PM Ishiba’s Fate Up in the Air After His Minority Government Suffers Setback in Upper House Election; BOJ to Stand Pat as Trade Rows Cloud Growth Outlook
–June Industrial Output Seen Flat, Retail Sales Sluggish, Setting Soft Tone for Q2 GDP Due August 15–June Jobless Rate to Remain Low and Stable at 2.5%, Job Creation Continues for Nearly 3 Years amid Labor Shortages By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese economic and political events for the coming week. Prime […]
Japan Weekahead: Ruling Coalition May Lose in Upper House Election; Tokyo CPI to Show Further Easing but Inflation Seen Still around 3% Amid High Processed Food Prices
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese economic and political events for the coming week. – Sunday, July 20 Voting and vote counting for the House of Councillors general elections. Opinion polls show the ruling coalition led by the conservative Liberal Democratic Party may lose a majority in the upper house, which […]
Japan Weekahead: Machinery Orders, Exports Seen Down as Trump Tariffs Hit Auto, Steel Makers; Inflation to Ease on Fuel Subsidies but Still Above 3% amid High Rice Prices
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese economic events for the coming week. Stiff U.S. tariffs on imports are having some cooling effects on the auto and steel industries as seen in recent production and trade data but not pushing the global or domestic economy into a tailspin. Inflation in Japan, now […]