Japanese consumer confidence index posts first drop in three months
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A key Japanese consumer confidence index fell to 44.3 in December from 47.9 in November, the first fall in three months, the Cabinet Office said.
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Japan's Nikkei stock average dipped 1.06  percent to a one-month closing low on Wednesday, extending  losses from the day before when poor Japanese industrial output  data put a damper on the economy's outlook.
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Japan industrialists are gloomier about the economic outlook for the first time since March 2003,  the central bank's quarterly Tankan survey finds.
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NEW YORK - Job worries helped push consumer confidence down in September for the second consecutive month, a New York-based private research group said Tuesday.    The Consumer Confidence Index fell 1.9 points to 96.8 from a revised reading of 98.7 in August, according to The Conference Board...
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Confidence among US consumers falls in January as shoppers worry about the job market, new figures show.
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Confidence in business conditions at major Japanese companies fell from three months ago dampening expectations of an interest rate increase and clouding the outlook for the worldâs No. 2 economy.
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Worries about job prospects sent consumer confidence to a seven-month low in October and its third consecutive monthly decline. The steeper-than-expected drop raised questions about whether consumers will be in the mood to spend during the critical holiday shopping season.
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Japanese stocks fell Thursday for a third straight session, in line with an overnight drop on Wall Street, as investors remained cautious ahead of Japan&#039;s central bank meeting.
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Consumer confidence deteriorated in  August to its lowest in a year on concerns about a softening  labor market and market turmoil stemming from the subprime  mortgage crisis, a business research group said on Tuesday.
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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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Confidence at Japanese companies fell to its lowest level in more than two years, a closely-watched Bank of Japan survey showed Friday, amid rising anxiety about a possible slowdown in the U.S. economy and recent market turmoil.
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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 economy grew at a far weaker pace in the third quarter than previously reported due to downward revisions in consumer spending and capital investment, the government said Friday, raising concerns about the recovery's strength.
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A sluggish job market and rising oil prices have dampened the public&#39;s mood this month, pushing consumer confidence to its lowest point since March.
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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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TOKYO, Japan -- Confidence among Japan&#39;s big manufacturers has slipped slightly in recent months, according to the Bank of Japan&#39;s closely watched &quot;tankan&quot; survey.
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Continuing job worries drove consumer confidence lower in October for the third consecutive month, a New York-based private research group said Tuesday. The decline was steeper than expected.