Japanese inflation lower in May
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Consumer prices in Japan fell for the fourth month in a row during May following lower oil costs, figures show.
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The yen is at a four and a half year low against the dollar, on forecasts that interest rates will rise only modestly.
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The yen fell to a six-week low against  the dollar on Tuesday as investors worried that soaring oil  prices could jeopardize Japan's economic recovery.
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The Japanese yen hits a record low against the euro amid concerns that growth in Asia may slow after the weekend's quake.
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UK inflation slowed to 2.5% in May, the weakest in seven months, as gas and electricity prices fell.
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Japanese stocks fell shortly after Wednesday's open on concerns about the health of the U.S. economy. The dollar was slightly lower against the yen.
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Japanâs producer prices rose at the slowest pace in more than a year in January as oil costs fell, easing pressure on companies to pass expenses on to consumers.
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Britain&#39;s inflation rate dropped to 1.3% in August as lower clothing prices helped to keep it well below the Bank of England&#39;s target, official figures showed today.
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Business sentiment among big Japanese manufacturers has sunk to a two-year low, a Bank of Japan survey showed on Friday, reinforcing expectations that any rise in interest rates will be delayed to late next year.
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Japan's economy is slowing due to weakness in housing investment and cautious corporate sentiment, the central bank chief said Thursday, hours after the bank left its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 percent.
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Japanâs economy contracted in the April-June quarter, the government said in a revision of its preliminary estimate that it had expanded. The latest data suggest that Japanâs economy may be suffering a slowdown in its pace of growth, making it harder for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates anytime soon. The government said the nationâs gross domestic product fell 1.2 percent on an annual basis in the April-June period, the first contraction in three quarters. Its preliminary estimate was that the economy had grown 0.5 percent in the spring quarter.
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The yen touched an 18-month low against  the euro on Monday, slipping with emerging Asian currencies as  traders tried to assess the economic fallout from tsunami waves  that devastated parts of Asia the previous day.
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The minister of economic and fiscal policy, Hiroko Ota, said there had been little change in price trends in January, after a report showed inflation slowed to zero percent for the first time since May. âPrices continue to be flat,â Ms. Ota said. Core consumer prices, which exclude fresh food, were unchanged from a year earlier, matching the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. Household spending climbed 0.6 percent in January, the statistics bureau said, the first increase since December 2005. Economists expected a 0.3 percent drop. The jobless rate was 4 percent, unchanged after the previous monthâs figure was revised from 4.1 percent, the agency said.
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Japanese stocks dropped, with benchmarks poised for their biggest slides in six months. Exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp. led decline after the dollar plunged to its lowest against
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Japanâs wholesale inflation accelerated in June as oil and other commodity prices rose, prompting food and packaging companies to pass on costs to clients.
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Tokyo stocks opened down 0.4 percent on Monday after government data showed Japanese companies reduced spending on plant and equipment by 4.9 percent in April-June, although economists had expected a rise.
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Japanese shares close slightly lower following the shock resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.