A Bank of Japan quarterly survey for December 2025 has shown that consumer sentiment rose for two straight quarters while views on living conditions deteriorated for the first time in two quarters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/economy/consumer-sentiment-boj-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #surveys #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators
Takaichi might surprise markets that are bracing for an unrestrained fiscal dove after the election in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/19/economy/takaichi-fiscal-policy-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #diet #ldp #tse #nikkei #stocks #budgets #debt #economicindicators
China's economy grew at one of the slowest rates in decades last year, according to official data, as officials struggle with persistently low consumer spending and a debt crisis in the property sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/19/economy/china-2025-econ-growth-slowest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #economy #economicindicators
A United Nations report forecasts global economic growth to decline to 2.7% in 2026 from 2.8% last year before increasing to 2.9% in 2027 — still down from a pre-pandemic average of 3.2% between 2010 and 2019. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/09/economy/un-global-growth-forecast/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #globaleconomy #economicindicators #un
India has overtaken Japan as the world's fourth-biggest economy — and officials hope to pass Germany within three years, the government's end-of-year economic review calculates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/asia-pacific/india-economy-growth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #india #economicindicators #gdp
U.S. President Donald Trump shook up global trade this year. Here’s what to look out for in 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/24/economy/trump-global-trade-2026-outlook/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #trade #tariffs #economicindicators #globaleconomy
The U.S. economy expanded in the third quarter at the fastest pace in two years, growing at an annualized pace of 4.3%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/24/economy/us-economy-gdp-gains/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #economicindicators #donaldtrump #federalreserve
Japan ranked 28th in labor productivity in 2024 among the 38 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, falling by two notches from the previous year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/japan-labor-productivity-oecd/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #japaneseeconomy #jobs #economicindicators #oecd
Japan’s bond rout continues after the BOJ’s rate increase and as a record-busting budget approval looms, and the yen has been weak despite the higher yields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/22/markets/japanese-bond-rout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda #us #boj #economicindicators #jgb #bonds
Confidence among Japan’s large manufacturers has risen to the highest level in four years, reinforcing market expectations for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/15/economy/boj-tankan-manufacturers-sentiment-improves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #tankan #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #manufacturing
U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated mockery of the word “affordability” is worrying Republican strategists ahead of next year’s congressional elections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/world/politics/trump-affordability-fixation-risk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #republicans #economicindicators
Business sentiment among major Japanese companies was positive for the second straight quarter from October to December, a government survey has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/11/companies/japan-big-firms-sentiment-october-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #surveys #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy
The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to deliver a further interest rate cut despite divisions among its ranks, with chief Jerome Powell's ability to secure support from fellow policymakers being put to the test. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/10/economy/fed-rate-cut-likely/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #federalreserve #jeromepowell #donaldtrump #economicindicators
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said the central bank is getting closer to attaining its inflation target, adding to signals that the BOJ may raise its interest rate at a policy meeting next week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/economy/boj-sustainable-inflation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #kazuoueda
Japan’s economy shrank in the three months through September, the government confirmed, giving some justification for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s stimulus package. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/08/economy/japan-revised-gdp-july-september-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #gdp #japaneseeconomy #wages #inflation #boj #sanaetakaichi
Finland's unemployment rate has soared to one of the highest in the EU, and with no clear signs of a turnaround, experts say it poses a challenge to the country's welfare model. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/02/economy/finland-unemployment-welfare-model/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #finland #jobs #economicindicators #eu
Japanese businesses trimmed back capital spending over the summer after five straight quarters of gains, in a sign of cooling corporate sentiment as higher U.S. tariffs take a toll on a sputtering economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/economy/japan-capex-down-september/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #capitalspending #japaneseeconomy #financeministry #boj #gdp
Tokyo’s inflation held steady in November, keeping the Bank of Japan on track for an interest rate hike in the coming months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/economy/tokyo-inflation-steady-november/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #tokyo #inflation #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators
Countries must act now to keep slowing population growth from wreaking havoc on their long-term economic prospects, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said in a semiannual report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/25/aging-populations-bomb-gdp-ebrd/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #aging #economicindicators #economy #gdp
The rollout of AI is raising hopes that Britain’s economy can escape the productivity problem that has dogged it for two decades, even as slow growth pushes the country toward tax hikes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/25/tech/ai-reboot-britain-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #uk #jobs #economicindicators #economy #ai #tech