It would be very, very negative for the market if Koizumi gives Kamei a serious post, because Kamei has been almost the antithesis of Koizumi, |
It's a sign that the cycle is starting to turn. The job offer ratio improved for the second month, and that's usually a fairly reliable measure of market conditions. |
It's been suggested over the last couple of weeks. |
It's quite encouraging that Japan is still posting strong export growth. This bodes well for the first-quarter economic outlook. |
It's really rather worrying that six weeks into the job, he still hasn't figured out the difference. It does suggest there's quite a nasty policy mistake coming our way and quite a nasty recession. |
It's the first positive reflection of the fact that over the past year there's been a turnaround in wages. People are happy to take their rising income and spend it. |
It's very encouraging in these figures to see that employment is picking up. That's going to help domestic output and domestic incomes. The trends are all very positive. |
Japan is forecast to be the fastest-growing G7 economy over the next two years. The biggest contribution to growth is coming from private sector demand. |
Overall, we feel that views on the economy have probably become excessively negative in recent months on the basis of the performance of two economic indicators: exports and industrial production. |
Price rises are gradually feeding down the production chain. |
Price rises are gradually feeding down the production chain. This is starting to affect consumer prices and would make the exit from deflation more solid. |
Some people are thinking that is a little bit too small to get the banking system back on its feet. |
The Bank of Japan is unnecessarily increasing downside risks through premature tightening and an excessively low inflation target. |
The economy has finally crawled out of its 1990s misery. This is the first time since the late 1980s that I've seen signs of a broad domestic revival. |
The economy is in much better condition than at the time of the previous lower house election in November 2003 ... This should help Koizumi's party in the coming vote. |