Japan's economy again outshines U.S., euro zone
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Japan's economy outperformed both the United States and the euro zone in January-March for the second straight quarter, reinforcing expectations the Bank of Japan will raise rates in August.
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Japan's economy will likely expand 1.6 percent in the fiscal year starting in April, slower than the expected pace for the current fiscal year because of dwindling capital expenditures and housing investment, the government said Monday.
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TOKYO : Japan&#39;s trade surplus in July jumped 44.2 percent from a year earlier to 1.14 trillion yen (10.4 billion US dollars), the finance ministry said Thursday.
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NEW YORK, December 27  - The euro touched new highs against the US dollar and the Japanese yen today as any intervention by the European Commercial Bank to check the 12-nation currencyâs strength seemed unlikely.
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The OECD says the levels of inflation in the eurozone, Japan and the US do not justify further interest rate rises.
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NEW YORK The euro touched a new high against the dollar on Wednesday while the yen saw its largest drop versus the US currency in three weeks on speculation Japan will sell the yen during the New Year holiday.
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The dollar rebounded from a new all-time low against the euro following weak economic growth in Japan and fresh expressions of worry from European central bankers at the US unit's recent plunge.
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The dollar edged up against the yen on  Friday after disappointing growth data for Japan and was  supported against the euro by ongoing verbal intervention from  European central bankers.
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The yen advanced against the dollar on  Friday, shrugging off weak third-quarter growth figures for  Japan as market worries persisted about the huge U.S. deficits.
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The global economy is doing better than  for years as red-hot Chinese growth combines with comebacks by  Europe and Japan to offset a U.S. slowdown, the Organization  for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Thursday.
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Growth in the 25-nation EU was better than the US and Japan in the second quarter of the year, figures show.
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Japan's central bank maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy to support the economy while forecasting there could be a slight rise in inflation next year, although that would not necessarily mean a change in its stance on interest rates.
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The euro hit a record high against   the yen on Thursday after soft Japanese industrial output data,   while Asian stocks were lifted by news that the U.S. economy   grew more than previously thought in the second quarter.
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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 euro scaled an all-time high against  the yen on Thursday, with the market betting on further euro  strength against other major currencies on deep-rooted worries  about the U.S. trade and budget deficits.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose more than 1  percent to a 2 1/2-month closing high on Friday, bolstered by  Wall Street gains and a growing consensus that Tokyo stocks  look cheap compared with the U.S. and other Asian markets.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Japanese Prime Minister  Junichiro Koizumi told President Bush at a bilateral meeting in  Chile on Saturday that a strong U.S. dollar is important for  the global economy.