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Sep
Private and public spending boost Japanese GDP
GDP up +0.3% in Q2. Consumption still robust. Exports plunge. BOJ could decide to sit tight.
Earnings of listed firms down.
Key points
- Japanese GDP maintains positive momentum in Q2 with +0.3% growth
- Consumption, up +0.6%, bolsters growth
- Falling exports (-10.2% in August), in particular to Asia, hurt Japanese economy
- Trade deficit shrinks to -136 billion
- Manufacturing still under pressure
- Leading indicators stabilising?
- In spite of lower unemployment rate, consumers increasingly worried
- BOJ likely to remain patient
- BOJ unable to weaken the yen
- Avoid Japanese bonds
- Earnings of Nikkei-listed corporates down -12%
