Japan's Export Growth Rises 13.4%
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Japanese export growth accelerated to 13.4 percent in November, led by autos and steel, easing concern that overseas demand for goods is faltering.
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Japanese industrial output rose for the first time in three months in November, providing some relief after a run of bleak data over the last several months.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose on Wednesday  after the Federal Reserve indicated the U.S. economy was  growing moderately, boosting exporters such as Matsushita  Electric Industrial Co. and Toyota Motor Corp.
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Japanese stocks rose Thursday after the government announced the economy grew 4.8 percent in the October-December quarter. The dollar was lower against the yen.
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Japan's trade surplus expanded 8.8 percent in October, helped by steady demand for Japanese products in Asian markets, the government said Thursday.
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Japan's economy, the world's second largest, grew more quickly than many experts forecast, state figures show.
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The Japanese economy is expected to grow just above 2.0 percent in 2005 and 2006, losing some steam on slower exports after an estimated robust 4.0-percent expansion this year, according to the OECD.
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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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The Nikkei average rose 1.38 percent on   Monday to its highest level in more than three months on gains   in exporters such as Canon Inc. after U.S. stocks rose on a   report showing U.S. job growth was slightly stronger than   expected.
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Japanese wholesale prices rose 3.4 percent in August from a year earlier, matching JulyÂs rise, which was the fastest pace of growth in more than 25 years, and signaling that inflationary pressure is gradually building on high oil prices. But the data is unlikely to heighten expectations of an early interest rate increase by the Bank of Japan because consumer price growth remains subdued, with companies still reluctant to fully pass on rising raw material costs to consumers. The 3.4 percent rise in the corporate goods price index matched economistsÂ consensus forecast as well as the year-to-year rise in July, which was the largest since March 1981, the Bank of Japan said.
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Japan's trade surplus expanded for the 13th straight month in July due to rising exports of automobiles and high-technology products to Asia, the United States and Europe.
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Japan's current account surplus expanded 9.3 percent in September from a year earlier, for its 15th consecutive month of growth, the government said Wednesday.
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Japanâs economy grew 0.9 percent in the last quarter of 2007, double the expected rate, the government said Thursday.
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As expected, stronger overseas growth and a weaker dollar boosted exports to a record and higher oil prices helped lift imports to an all-time high, a government report showed.
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Strong steel and car exports help Japan's trade surplus rise for the first time in three months.
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Japanese stocks rallied to a three-month high Thursday, lifted by gains in export-sensitive shipping and machinery shares after Wall Street rose to new records overnight.
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The yen may rise for a fourth consecutive year in 2005, the most since 1971, as Japan tolerates a strengthening currency amid the longest economic expansion in more than a decade, according to the results of a Bloomberg News survey.