Tag - consumption

 
 

CONSUMPTION

BUSINESS / JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES
Oct 6, 2013
Abe should consult father of economics for sage advice on sales tax
Three guesses on who said the following.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 3, 2013
Housing market exemptions to offset tax hike impact
The housing market will weather a consumption levy increase because of a tax break on home purchases, according to Mizuho Securities Co. and Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Oct 2, 2013
Households to take hit from tax hike
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people's financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
EDITORIALS
Oct 2, 2013
Consumption tax raise misdirected
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirms that the government will raise the sales tax from 5 to 8 percent beginning in April. But will the tax hike lead to an economic downturn
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2013
April to see sales tax hike, Abe confirms
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe goes ahead with raising the consumption tax while also offering a ¥5 trillion stimulus package to offset the negative impact on consumer spending.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 1, 2013
Abe banking on ¥5 trillion in stimulus
Shinzo Abe's future as prime minister may well depend on how well the ¥5 trillion stimulus package cushions the economy from the tax-hike blow.
EDITORIALS
Sep 21, 2013
Questions surround sales tax raise
As the April 2014 consumption tax increase nears, the Abe has yet to come up with a convincing reform plan to reduce people's worries about their lives in the future.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 16, 2013
Improved economic signs support consumption tax hike: Hayashi
Given the improving economic climate, the 3-point consumption tax hike should go ahead as scheduled next April, agriculture minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a business conference Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2013
Japan's April-June real GDP growth upgraded to annual 3.8%
An upward revision to Japan's gross domestic product gives the government yet another favorable signal for raising the sales tax next April.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 4, 2013
Japan can handle levy hike: 'Mr. Yen'
The nascent economic recovery is strong enough to weather an increase in the consumption tax to repair the government's finances, according to former senior Finance Ministry official Eisuke Sakakibara.

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