Latest Japanese data paints mixed picture for economy
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The latest Japanese data painted a mixed picture of the world's second-largest economy, with a sharp improvement in the unemployment rate offset by continued deflation and modest industrial output.
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As talk of an American recession has helped batter global financial markets, economic policy makers in Japan have largely sat on the sidelines.
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The economy is still caught between slowing growth and stubborn inflation pressures, new government reports showed yesterday.
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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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The latest economic data point to an acceleration in the US economy after the weakest growth in over four years, but some analysts say a full recovery is not yet in sight.
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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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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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Confidence among Japanâs big manufacturers deteriorated for the first time in seven quarters, although their capital spending plans were revised higher, the Bank of Japanâs âtankanâ survey for December showed on Wednesday.
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Japan&#39;s central bank offered a bleaker assessment of the country&#39;s economy Friday for the first time in more than a year and a half, citing weaker industrial production and slowing export growth.
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The Bank of Japan, which last month  raised interest rates for the first time in six years, is  expected to keep its powder dry this week as it confirms that  economic growth is slowing and with inflation yet to  materialize.
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TOKYO Japan&#39;s once-robust recovery slowed to a near standstill in the third quarter as consumer spending weakened more than expected, according to revised growth figures released on Wednesday.
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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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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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New figures show Japan's economy is barely staying out of recession with annual growth of just 0.2% in the third quarter.
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Japan&#39;s jobless rate rose unexpectedly last month while industrial output rebounded, according to data released Friday that painted a mixed picture of the health of Asia&#39;s largest economy.
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Japan revised its first-quarter economic growth to an annual pace of 3.3 percent, from 2.4 percent, because business investment was stronger than initially estimated. The report confirmed that Japanâs economy remained on a healthy recovery path in the first three months of the year. The bulk of the revision came from capital investment, which rose 0.3 percent from the previous quarter, better than the preliminary figure of a decrease of 0.9 percent. Consumer spending, which makes up more than half of Japanâs gross domestic product, was up 0.8 percent from the previous quarter, the data showed. That was slightly below the preliminary reading of a 0.9 percent rise. Compared with the previous quarter, the G.D.P. rose 0.8 percent in the January-March quarter, the cabinet office said.
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New U.S. economic data on Friday did  little to answer questions about the sustainability of global  economic growth, offering a mixed picture that left markets in  a generally bearish pattern.