Japanese Economic Update – 18 May 2015

NIKKEI carries out renewed assault on the 20,000 level as economy muddles through

Japan’s NIKKEI renewed its earlier assault on the 20,000 level at the opening of the current week, just a short time away from the release of Q1 GDP figures, the BOJ monetary policy statement and a volley of additional economic data.

All of the available information at present continues to […]

Japanese Economic Update – 06 April 2015

NIKKEI remains buoyant, breaks through to a 15 year high in April 

Like many of its global counterparts, Japan is beginning to see the gains made toward its inflation target in 2013 and 2014 ebbing away as disinflation becomes embedded across the industrialised world. While much of this deceleration is the result of a collapse in oil prices, for Japan, falling inflation is a particularly […]

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Japanese Economic Update – 24 February 2015

Japan escapes recession despite a surprise to the downside from Q4 GDP figs; outlook for econ remains bright

In Japan the outlook for the economy in 2015 remains relatively bright and with both the European and Chinese central banks committed to a path of easing policy, global equities have continued to shrug off the prospect of 2015 interest rate hikes from the Federal […]

Japanese Economic Update  – 08 February 2015

A positive start to the year for Japanese equity markets; yen rebounds as markets begin to price in a BOJ that remains on hold throughout the year

While lower oil prices may threaten the BOJ’s inflation target in 2015 and could still force policy makers to push out their projections for when the bank expects to see the 2% threshold met, we continue to see this particular disinflationary pressure as a net positive for Japan.

This is as lower oil prices will deliver a […]