Preview: Japan’s Economy Seen Growing for Third Straight Quarter in Q2 on Solid Consumption, Capital Spending
Monday, August 17 0850 JST (2350 GMT/1950 EDT, Sunday, August 16) Cabinet Office releases preliminary GDP for April-June 2026.Mace News median: +0.6% q/q (range +0.4% to +0.7%) vs. Q1 revised +0.5%; +2.3% annualized (range +1.6% to +2.3%) vs. Q1 revised +1.8%; +0.7% y/y (range +0.2% to +1.3%) vs. Q1 revised +0.4% By Chikafumi Hodo TOKYO […]
Preview: Forecasters See Japanese Producer Price Inflation Rising to 7.5% in July Report from 7.1% in June
Thursday, August 13, 2026 0850 JST (2350 GMT/1950 EDT Wednesday, August 12) The Bank of Japan releases the July corporate goods price index.Mace News median: CGPI +7.5% y/y (range: +6.6% to +7.5%) vs. June +7.1%; +0.6% m/m (range: -0.5% to +0.6%) vs. June +0.4% By Chikafumi Hodo TOKYO (MaceNews) – Japan’s annual producer inflation, as […]
Japan Week Ahead: Inflationary Pressures Growing amid Weak Yen, Measured BOJ Tightening Pace, Prompting Some Economists to Point to an Early September Rate Hike
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Upward pressures on both producer and consumer prices are mounting in Japan when only about five years ago policymakers dreamt about seeing the annual inflation rate overshoot the Bank of Japan’s 2% target from around zero. When BOJ board members left the policy interest rate unchanged at 1% at the […]
Fed Officials United On Need To Reduce Inflation; Differ on How, When
– Some Ready To Tighten; Others Hoping for More Disinflation Evidence – Alternative Policy Scenarios for Curbing Inflation Being Assessed By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – The week after a hotly debated Federal Open Market Committee decision to hold short-term interest rates steady has brought comments from multiple Federal Reserve officials suggesting that the Fed’s […]
US ISM Services Sector Expands for 25th Month in July but Effects of Higher Business Activity, New Orders Offset by Slower Hiring amid Tariffs, Iran War, AI Use
–ISM’s Miller: Significant Portion of Higher 2026 Capex Plans Among Services Firms Linked to Rises in Financing Costs, Prices Paid to Suppliers By Max Sato (MaceNews) – U.S. services sector remains resilient despite rising costs, expanding for the 25th straight month in July, but the pace of growth was little changed from June as higher […]
Preview: Forecasters See Japanese Household Spending Up 0.1% on Year in June, down 3.7% from May
Friday, Aug 7, 20260830 JST (2350 GMT/1930 EDT Thursday, Aug 6) The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications releases the June average household spending.Mace News median forecasts: +0.1% y/y (range: -2.5% to +3.1%) vs. May -0.4%; -3.7% m/m (range: -5.0% to -0.7%) vs. May +3.7% By Chikafumi Hodo TOKYO (MaceNews) – Japan’s real household spending […]
US ISM Manufacturing PMI Expands for 7th Straight Month in July but Lingering Iran War, Global AI Boom Causing Longer Supply Delivery Lead Times, Memory Chip Shortages
–ISM’s Spence: Sentiment Trending Up in Right Direction; Slower Deliveries Could Get Worse but Orders Still Flowing By Max Sato (MaceNews) – U.S. manufacturing activity expanded for the seventh straight month in July to the highest level in more than four years but the Mideast conflict and the global AI boom have made delivery times […]
Japan Week Ahead: Markets Eye Impact of Japan-US Joint Action to Stop Yen from Falling Further as Rising Bond Yields Could Hurt Economic Growth while Inflation Persists
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Market participants are watching whether Japan’s currency intervention last week will have any lasting effect on keeping dollar bulls at bay amid concerns that rising long-term bond yields triggered by Tokyo’s large fiscal spending plans will spill over to boost borrowing costs in the United States. Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama […]
3 Fed District Presidents Argue FOMC Needed to Raise Rates Now to Bring Down Inflation
– Modest Tightening Now Would Avoid Having to Move Aggressively Later, Kashjari and Logan Argue By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – The three Federal Reserve bank presidents who voted against the Federal Open Market Committee’s Wednesday decision to leave short-term interest rates unchanged defended their actions Friday. The three dissenters — Cleveland’s Beth Hammack, Minneapolis’s […]
Divided FOMC Holds Rates Steady but Warsh Says That’s Not The End of the Story’
– Warsh Welcomes Rising Bond Yields as Aiding Fed Inflation Fight – Warsh Downplays Dissents; Says Committee United on ‘Delivering’ 2% Inflation By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – The Federal Reserve’s policymaking Federal Open Market Committee left short-term interest rates unchanged Wednesday for the fifth straight meeting, but the Fed’s rate-setting body was sharply divided, […]