Japan pares forecast amid signs of slowdown
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TOKYO The Japanese government on Friday unexpectedly lowered its estimate for second-quarter economic growth to an annual rate of 1.3 percent from an initial estimate of 1.7 percent, quelling hopes that the robust expansion seen earlier in the year might
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Slow growth in Japanese bank adds to concerns the world's second-biggest economy may head into a recession.
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Japan's key interest rate is kept on hold at 0.5% for a fourth consecutive month amid a slip in consumer prices.
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Japan&#39;s government has downgraded its view on the economy in a November report, saying the pace of recovery is slowing. This is the first such downward revision since June 2003.
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Japan&#39;s central bank yesterday predicted the economy would shift into inflation for the first time since 1997 during the next fiscal year, though it strongly signalled that this would not trigger a tightening of monetary policy.
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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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Japan has said that corporate investment slowed from its recent breakneck pace in the three months to September, raising fears of a downgrade in economic growth for the quarter.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average dipped 0.2 percent  by mid-afternoon on Tuesday as growing worries over the  domestic economic outlook hit banks and insurers, offsetting  gains in shipping firms and other companies with bright  earnings prospects.
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Japan's Nikkei average fell for a fifth  straight day to hit a one-month closing low on Wednesday as key  exporters and techs such as Kyocera Corp. dropped on renewed  caution about the country's economic outlook.
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Japan's top economic minister Heizo Takenaka said Japan's growth slowdown in the June quarter was temporary, but expressed worry that high oil prices would severely hurt Asian economies.
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The Japanese electronics makers remained cautious about the months ahead, citing worries about global growth. Japanese corporate profits are almost certain to be hurt by any economic slowdown in Japan and in the United States.
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Japan's economy shrank 0.1 percent during the quarter ended Dec. 31, the government said Wednesday, as numbers were revised to show three straight quarters of contraction.
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A top Japanese business leader expressed  hope Monday that the impending betrothal of the emperor's only  daughter would help bolster Japan's economy, now showing signs  of a slowing recovery.
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The economic outlook for the United  States and Japan weakened slightly in October, but prospects  for the Eurozone improved slightly, according to an early  warning indicator issued by OECD on Friday.
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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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A top Japanese business leader expressed hope Monday that the impending betrothal of the emperor&#39;s only daughter would help bolster Japan&#39;s economy, now showing signs of a slowing recovery.
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A string of disappointing economic reports released Tuesday heightened concerns that Japan's recovery may be fading fast.