Japanese Manufacturers Less Upbeat in Dec.
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Japanese companies were less upbeat in December than they were three months ago, amid recent data indicating that the world's second-largest economy may be losing steam, a key government survey showed Wednesday.
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Optimism among Japanese firms sinks to its lowest level in two years, the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey says.
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Confidence among UK manufacturers has slipped in the face of slowing demand and higher costs, a survey has said. The CBI said the sector was facing &quot;clear threats&quot;, with profit margins under pressure from
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Japan's economy slowed sharply in the third quarter as capital expenditure and exports, the key driver of the recovery so far, faltered badly but there were more hopeful signs on consumer spending, drawing cheers from investors.
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Softening a surprise, pushing stocks and yen lower; economists say there&#39;s little cause for alarm. TOKYO  - Japan revised downward second-quarter economic growth Friday to 0.3 percent from an initial
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Japanâs machinery orders fell in December, signaling that economic growth may slow this year as companies scale back spending on factories and equipment. Non-government machinery orders, excluding shipping and utilities, declined a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent from November, the Cabinet Office said.
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The two top U.S. toymakers, citing uncertainty in the economy and the retail sector, posted disappointing third-quarter results on Monday, and lowered expectations for the crucial Thanksgiving-to-Christmas season.
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German corporate morale deteriorated  more than expected in December as firms took a dimmer view of  current conditions, with retailers especially downbeat, a  closely-watched survey showed on Wednesday.
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Growth in digital camera shipments by  Japanese makers in 2007 is expected to slow to 7.5 percent from  a year earlier, when lower prices and a wider variety of models  with interchangeable lenses spurred growth to 22 percent.
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US car and truck sales are likely to rebound in December from a disappointing November, but the bulk of the gain is expected to come from Asian automakers, analysts said.
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Tokyo, Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Five major Japanese chemical companies posted higher group sales for the nine months ended in December, benefiting from falling prices of materials such as crude oil and naphtha.
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U.S. factories picked up their pace in  December, capping off a year of expansion in the manufacturing  industry despite some recent signs of a downturn in employment,  a report showed on Monday.
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The U.S. manufacturing sector will grow at a slower pace over the next two years than it did in 2006, according to a new report, as new clean-air rules for diesel engines, and continued weakness in the housing and auto industries, weigh on key industrial end markets.
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Japanese prices fall for a seventh straight month making a rate rise by the end of the year less likely.
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The Bank of Japan&#39;s latest Tankan quarterly survey of business conditions showed sentiment among large manufacturers falling for the first time in seven quarters, reflecting the downturn in corporate sector activity in Japan.
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U.S. factories picked up their pace in December, capping off a year of expansion in the manufacturing industry despite some recent signs of a downturn in employment, a report showed on Monday.
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The Japanese government downgraded its view on the economy slightly on Tuesday, citing weaker exports and output, but it said a recovery was continuing due to steady domestic demand, in terms of both personal consumption and capital spending.  "The economy continues to recover, while some weak movements have been seen recently," the government said in its monthly economic report.