Japan economic growth slows, hit by slower capex, exports
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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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The Japanese economy was in recession for most of 2004 as official figures show three successive quarters of negative growth, upsetting forecasts as slower exports and consumption hit output.
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TOKYO Sept. 10, 2004 - Japan revised its economic growth numbers for the April-June quarter downward Friday, but analysts shrugged off the report and said recovery was on solid footing for the world&#39;s second largest economy.
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Japan's rate of economic expansion is revised downwards for the three months to June amid falling government investment.
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Japan's industrial production falls in October while unemployment rises, providing more evidence of a slowdown in the world's second largest economy.
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Japanese stocks are expected to slip in early 2005 on a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy but should rebound later in the year in tandem with expected stronger growth, analysts said.
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Japan&#39;s unemployment rate fell to a six-year low in November and industrial production picked up, offering evidence that the nation&#39;s recovery is continuing, although at a significantly slower pace than earlier in the year.
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Japan&#39;s central bank downgraded its assessment of the economy for the first time in more than a year Friday, citing weakening industrial production and slowing export growth.
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Japanâs industrial production unexpectedly dropped in May for a third month, the longest losing streak in almost two years. Production fell a seasonally adjusted 0.4 percent from a month earlier, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said. Slower production diminishes hopes that economic growth will accelerate, in contrast with other reports released in the last week, which said that export growth almost doubled to 15.1 percent in May and retail sales gained for the first time in eight months. The Bank of Japanâs governor, Toshihiko Fukui, said this month that the bank needed more evidence of the economyâs strength before it raises the key interest rate from 0.5 percent.
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The Japanese government says deflation is being brought under control, despite predicting that economic growth will slow during the next fiscal year.
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Japan downgraded its economic assessment for the first time in more than a year on Tuesday, noting slower export growth and curbed production, but said the recovery is continuing.
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The U.S. economy grew more slowly in the second quarter than first thought amid shrinking corporate profits and higher imports, the government said on Friday in a report that confirmed momentum faltered in the spring.
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The US economy slowed less than previously estimated in the second quarter as exports and inventories grew, revised numbers from the government show.
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Japan's economy will likely expand 1.6 percent in the fiscal year starting in April, slower than the expected pace for the current fiscal year because of dwindling capital expenditures and housing investment, the government said Monday.
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The countryÂs trade surplus narrowed more than expected as American demand cooled, signaling the impetus exports contributed to economic growth last quarter is fading. The trade surplus fell 24.8 percent, to 614.7 billion yen ($5.2 billion) in October from a year earlier, the Ministry of Finance said. Demand for Japanese exports is cooling after the American market, JapanÂs largest grew at the slowest pace in more than three years.
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TOKYO : Japanese industrial output rose only 0.3 percent in August, suggesting after a series of recent weak data that the recovery in the world&#39;s second-largest economy is slowing, economists said on Thursday.
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Germany's fragile recovery slowed in the third quarter as exports slipped, with Europe's biggest economy growing by just 0.1 percent, according to government figures released Thursday that underlined concerns ...