Japan's Central Bank Downgrades Assessment
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Japan's central bank offered a bleaker assessment of the economy for the first time in more than a year and a half on Friday, citing weakening industrial production and slowing export growth as a cause foir concern.
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TOKYO  - Japan downgraded its economic assessment for the first time in more than a year Tuesday, noting slower export growth and curbed production, but said the recovery is continuing.
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In lowering its benchmark Federal funds rate again, the central bank acknowledged that its primary worry right now is an economic slowdown rather than rising inflation.
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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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Bank of Japan says prices will rise 0.1% in &#39;05, but it will likely keep ultra-low interest rates. TOKYO  - Japan&#39;s five-year bout with deflation is likely to end next year, the Bank of Japan said
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Japan's Nikkei average closed down 0.79 percent on Friday after the government surprised the market with a downward revision to economic growth figures.
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The dollar hit eight-month lows against  the euro and six-month troughs versus the yen on Monday on  continued worries about the U.S. economy and the yawning trade  deficit, and traders say it could fall even further.   Dealers  said the dollar's outlook against the Japanese currency had  worsened because it dropped below the closely watched 107 yen  level -- the lower end of the five-yen range in which it had  moved for the past five months.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 average is down more than two percent by mid-morning Monday after the dollar&#39;s tumble against the yen hit tech firms and exporters.
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Japanese firms cut capital spending by 4.9 percent in April-June from a year earlier, data showed on Monday, confounding forecasts and adding to views that the Bank of Japan will hold off from raising rates this month.
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The dollar sank to a record low against  the euro and fell to its lowest level since January 2000 on the  yen on Thursday as the market tested how far Japan and Europe  would tolerate yen and euro gains on dollar weakness.
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Japanese inflation falls for a seventh straight month making a rate rise by the end of the year less likely.
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Expected 2007 eurozone economic growth is downgraded after the recent markets turmoil.
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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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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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MOODY&#39;S Investors Service said it had placed on review for possible downgrade the foreign currency long-term deposit ratings of 11 banks.
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Japan's GDP fell by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2004, taking the country into recession.
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The threat of a U.S. recession has central bankers around the world nervous  -  except for Japan's. Perhaps they should be