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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 19, 2018
China's third-quarter GDP growth slowest since global financial crisis
China's third-quarter economic growth slowed to its weakest pace since the global financial crisis and missed expectations as a multiyear campaign to tackle debt risks and the trade war with the United States began to bite.
EDITORIALS
Oct 17, 2018
What next after the consumption tax goes to 10%?
Doubts persist as to whether the hike will cover the mushrooming social security costs of the rapidly aging population.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 9, 2018
IMF raises Japan growth forecast, cuts global estimate due to trade tension
The fund projects that Japan's economy will grow 1.1 percent this year, up 0.1 percentage point from its estimate in July, due to an uptick in domestic demand.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 21, 2018
OECD expects slightly weaker global growth in 2018 and 2019
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Thursday slightly lowered its projections for global economic growth this year and next, saying the expansion "may have now peaked."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2018
Japan's April-June GDP upgraded to annualized 3.0% growth
The economy grew at an annual rate of 3.0 percent in the April-June quarter, the fastest pace in more than two years and much faster than initially reported thanks to an upswing in capital expenditure, the government said Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2018
Examining the potential economic impact of the quake in Japan's agricultural capital of Hokkaido
Hokkaido, which was struck by a strong earthquake overnight, is a famed area for agriculture and open spaces that accounts for about 3.5 percent of the nation's economy.
WORLD
Aug 28, 2018
Millionaires jumping ship yet another symptom of Brazil's woes
Two thousand Brazilian millionaires left the country in 2017, according to the New World Wealth, a global market research group based in Johannesburg.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2018
U.S. is overdue for another Lehman-type episode
Those who see no Lehman-like episode on the horizon did not see the last one.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2018
Economy expanded 1.9% in April-June quarter on strong household and business spending
While analysts expect the economy to sustain a recovery, some warn escalating global trade frictions could hurt exports, cool capital expenditure and weigh on growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2018
Trump hails growth as one-offs and consumers boost U.S. economy
The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly four years in the second quarter as consumers boosted spending and farmers rushed shipments of soybeans to China to beat retaliatory trade tariffs before they took effect in early July.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 26, 2018
Value of Japan's 'sharing economy' estimated at over ¥500 billion in 2016
Japan's so-called sharing economy was estimated to be worth over ¥500 billion ($4.5 billion) in 2016, according to government data, reflecting the rise of peer-to-peer services.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 16, 2018
China GDP growth cools in second quarter as factory output weakens and trade row flares
China's economy expanded at a slower pace in the second quarter as Beijing's crackdown on debt risks crimped activity, while June factory output growth weakened to a two-year low in a worrying sign that comes amid a heated trade war with the United States that threatens to knock exports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2018
Scientific study finds asylum seekers boosting European economies
Asylum seekers moving to Europe have raised their adopted nations' economic output, lowered unemployment and not placed a burden on public finances, scientists said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 8, 2018
Japan's GDP contracted 0.6% in the first quarter of 2018, unchanged from initial estimate
The annualized 0.6 percent contraction was blamed on an unexpected surge in food prices during the winter that dampened household spending.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 23, 2018
Cabinet Office maintains 'moderate' economic outlook despite GDP contraction in January-March quarter
The economy is continuing to "recover at a moderate pace" thanks to a pickup in domestic and overseas demand, the government said Wednesday, highlighting underlying solidity despite a contraction in its gross domestic product in the January-March quarter.
EDITORIALS
May 18, 2018
More reforms to drive up domestic demand needed
The government needs to press ahead with structural reforms to create new homegrown avenues of growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 16, 2018
Japan's economy shrinks in first quarter of 2018 after two-year run of growth
The economy shrank by 0.2 percent in the first three months of 2018, snapping a run of two years of positive growth, according to the Cabinet Office.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2018
GDP grew at much faster annual rate of 1.6% in October-December quarter
The economy grew at a much faster than initially reported annualized rate of 1.6 percent in the October-December period, thanks to robust corporate spending freshly signaling strengthening domestic demand, the government said Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Feb 15, 2018
What last quarter's GDP says about the economy
Japan's GDP continues on a growth path, put that doesn't mean all is rosy with the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Feb 14, 2018
Despite growth run, Abenomics still clouded by uncertainty
Despite the longest growth run in nearly three decades, Japan's economic outlook remains far from robust as uncertainty abounds over wage growth and business investment.

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