Japan’s consumer prices fell 0.5 percent in June from a year earlier for the fourth straight month of decline, the government said Friday, adding pressure on the Bank of Japan to further ease monetary policy to boost inflation. The core consumer price index, which ...
The government is expected to cut its consumer inflation forecast for the current fiscal year and produce an estimate for fiscal 2017 that is much lower than the central bank’s 2 percent target, government sources said. The gloomy assessment may add to market doubts ...
Wholesale prices fell 4.2 percent in June from a year earlier for a 15th straight month of decline, impacted by falling crude oil and commodity prices, as well as a strong yen, Bank of Japan data showed Tuesday. The index of corporate goods prices ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will buy up to 30 million pounds 30,000,000 pounds (13.6 million kgs) of wild blueberries to help stabilize prices and supply, as officials say the low value of the Canadian dollar has hurt one of Maine’s signature industries. The ...
Japan’s wholesale prices dropped 3.1 percent in January from a year earlier for the 10th straight month of decline, with a slowing Chinese economy and oversupply concerns leading to lower crude oil and other commodity prices, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday. The index ...
Japan’s economy barely grew late last year, data released Friday suggest, as stagnant incomes, the slowdown in China and the mixed blessing of lower oil prices hobbled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recovery strategy. Abe’s push to revitalize the world’s third-largest economy took another blow ...
The number of property transactions in the nation has tumbled, rents have been muted and inflation expectations have waned — all of which has prompted a growing number of analysts and economists to turn bearish on property prices, which have been recovering since Prime ...
Regular wages increased in July by the most in nearly 10 years, aiding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to reflate the world’s third-biggest economy. Base pay climbed 0.6 percent from a year earlier, the biggest increase since November 2005, the labor ministry said on ...
The third time inflation has fallen to zero in this year persuaded some market watchers that “Abenomics” needs to be taken back for an overhaul. The government will be forced to delay an increase in the sales tax scheduled for April 2017 and the ...
Inflation fell back to zero in July while household spending dropped again, official data showed Friday, with the disappointing numbers sure to stoke speculation that the central bank will unleash more stimulus. Core inflation, excluding volatile fresh food prices, was flat year-on-year, the internal ...
Don Quijote Holdings Co. plans to open a series of large general merchandise stores with enhanced lineups of food products and consumable goods, said Koji Ohara, president and chief executive officer of the discount store operator, in a target shift to draw more business ...
Retail sales nationwide declined for the first time in three months in June, sapping an economy that analysts say struggled last quarter amid sluggish exports and production. Sales slid 0.8 percent from May, when they gained 1.7 percent, government data released on Wednesday show. ...
