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Japan

GDP

  • Quarterly Estimate of GDP
    Revised 4th Qtr (Oct. to Dec.): +0.9% [real GDP, quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted, chained-based, reference year = 2000]; annualized +3.5% 
 
 

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Discount Rate

    •   [Average]: 0.504%
    •   [Maximum]: 0.570%
    •   [Minimum]: 0.380%
 

BOJ Tankan (Short Term Economic Survey of Enterprises)

 

Prices

 
 

Employment


 

Consumer Spending 

  

Household Income 

 

Housing Starts 

 

Machinery Orders


 

Industrial Production

    •  Production: -3.1% (month-on-month, seasonally adjusted index)
    •  Shipments: -3.9%(month-on-month, seasonally adjusted index)
    •  Inventory: +0.2% (month-on-month, seasonally adjusted index)
    •  Inventory Ratio: +6.7% (month-on-month, seasonally adjusted index)

 

Trade Statistics

  • Value of Exports
    March 2008: 7.68 (trillion yen, provisional), +2.3% (year-on-year)

  • Value of Imports
    March 2008: 6.56 (trillion yen, provisional), +11.1% (year-on-year)

 
 

Balance of Payments

  • Current Account 
    February 2008: 2.39 (trillion yen, provisional) +4.1% (year-on-year)

  • Trade Balance (Goods & Services)
    February 2008: 1.10 (trillion yen, provisional) +2.6% (year-on-year)

  • Capital and Financial Account
    February 2008: -1.76 (trillion yen, provisional)


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