Preview: Forecasters See Japan Exports Up 2.6% on Year in November with Boost from Weak Yen
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 20250850 JST (2350 GMT/1850 EST Tuesday, Dec. 16) The Ministry of Finance releases November trade.Mace News median: exports +2.6% y/y (range: +0.4% to +5.0%) vs. Oct. +3.6%; imports +0.5% y/y (range: -1.4% to +3.9%) vs. Oct +0.7%; trade surplus ¥47.60 billion (range: a deficit of ¥17.00 billion to a surplus of ¥128.30 […]
Preview: Forecasters See Japanese Machinery Orders Showing Retreat in October
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 20250850 JST (2350 GMT/1850 EST Tuesday, Dec. 16) The Cabinet Office releases October machinery orders.Mace News median: core orders -2.6% m/m (range: -5.0% to +2.7%) vs. Sept +4.2%; +3.6% y/y (range: +0.6% to +9.1%) vs. Sept +11.6% By Chikafumi Hodo TOKYO (MaceNews) – Japan’s core machinery orders, a key leading indicator of […]
TRANSCRIPT: Fed Chair Powell Sees Policy Rate Within Range of Neutral Rate and Payrolls Now Negative
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is a rough transcript of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s post-FOMC news conference Wednesday:
Preview: Forecasters See Japan’s Producer Prices Up 2.7% in November from Year Ago, Unchanged from October
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 0850 JST (2350 GMT/1850 EST Tuesday, Dec. 9) The Bank of Japan releases the November corporate goods price index. Mace News median: CGPI +2.7% y/y (range: +2.5% to +2.9%) vs. Oct +2.7%; +0.3% m/m (range: +0.2% to +0.5%) vs. Oct +0.4% By Chikafumi Hodo TOKYO (MaceNews) – Japan’s corporate goods price […]
Japan Week Ahead: BOJ Governor Ueda Speaks to Business Leaders amid Expectations for Rate Hike in December or January
–October Household Spending Forecast to Show Only Modest Rise as Inflation for Daily Necessities Continues to Bite By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese economic events for the coming week: Ahead of the Dec. 18-19 policy meeting, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will deliver a speech in Nagoya, central Japan, to […]
Japan Govt Keeps Modest Economic Recovery Outlook, Downplays 1st GDP Decline In 6 Qtrs in Q3, Noting Resilient Consumption, Capex
Japan Sticks to Modest Economic Recovery Outlook, Downplaying First GDP Contraction in 6 Quarters in Q3, Pointing to Resilient Consumers, Capex By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japanese government policymakers continue to see the economy on a modest recovery track, downplaying the first GDP contraction in six quarters in the July-September period amid the Trump tariff storms […]
Japan Weekahead: Government Likely to Keep Modest Economic Recovery View, Another BOJ Board Member Speaks amid Rate Hike Expectations
–US Tariffs Seen Denting Factory Output, Retail Sales Remain Weak By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese economic events for the coming week. In the final quarter of 2025, the drag from the protectionist U.S. trade policy is becoming more pronounced in some data including international trade, compared to the previous quarter. […]
TRANSCRIPT: President Trump and NY Mayor-Elect Mamdani Q&A – White House pool report
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is a transcript of the extended Q&A session of President Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdami which began at 3:37 p.m. ET Friday: Trump: I thank you very much. We’ve just had a great meeting, very productive meeting. One thing in common, we want this city of ours that […]
Fed Officials Showing Caution, Even As Some Call for December Rate Cut
– Goolsbee, Hammack, Cook All Uneasy About Moving Again Next Month – Waller Strongly Supports December Rate Cut By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – With the Federal Reserve’s last monetary policy meeting of the year just three weeks away, many Fed officials are exhibiting greater reluctance to continue interest rate reductions, while some continue to […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Investors More Bullish in November as 2026 Growth Expectations Improve
–Cash Levels Slip, Inflation Expectations Drop –More Bullish View Tends to Be a Counter-Indicator By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Global investors were more bullish and more overweight equities in November as world growth expectations turned positive for 2026, according to a survey of investors. This month a net 3% of those polled looked […]