South Africa economic outlook, November 2024 South Africa is seeing signs of growth post elections, with good economic numbers for the first half of 2024. The newly elected GNU must work to grow investments and implement much-needed structural reforms to see sustained economic growth over the long...
Japan's economic outlook: Over the next few years, the government will likely focus on continuing to stimulate domestic demand, boosting defense spending against a backdrop of a more assertive China, increasing the currently-low female force participation rate, and investing in digitization and clean...
The economy increased by 1.7% in 2021, stagnated at 1.4% in 2022, and is expected to grow at 1.8% in 2023 and to slowdown to 0.9% in 2024, based on the January 2023 forecasts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF's January 2023 report is based on inflation peaking with low...
The economic outlook for Japan 4th-largest economy in the world by nominal GDP behind the United States, China, and Germany and the 4th-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). There is a strong presence of top businesses, especially Japanese-origin companies like Sony, Honda, Nikon, and ...
According to its " Economic and Energy Outlook of Japan for FY2023" on December 27, the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) forecast Japan's fuel oil sales would be 155.1 million kl in the fiscal year of 2023 starting April 2023, slightly down by 0.2% compared with the previous ...
owing in part to sticky inflationary pressures. We expect growth to accelerate to 1.1% in 2025 as inflation subsides and export performance improves.This relatively positive economic outlook forms the basis of our monetary policy view that the BOJ will be sufficiently confident to continue its moneta...
Meanwhile, the economic outlook index slipped to 48.4 in December from the prior 49.4, rattled by concerns over the impact of rising prices.6 days ago Japanese Yen Holds Steady After Himino Remarks Japan CurrencyThe Japanese yen held steady around 157.6 per dollar on Tuesday, after rising for ...
Business fixed investment has increased moderately, and the plan for fiscal 2023 in the Tankan (Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan) indicates that investment is likely to increase clearly. 2. Outlook Next, I will turn to the outlook for economic activity. Although inflation ...
In 2023, Japan had an average inflation rate estimated at 3.21 percent, marking the highest rate of inflation in Japan in almost a decade. However, this figure was still very low compared to most other major economies, such as Japan's fellow G7 members, four of which had inflation rates ...
“Youth are questioning Japan’s economic outlook,” said Yuya Kikkawa,an economist at Meiji Yasuda Research Institute. “Living conditions are far tougher than the headline inflation figure suggests.” The Bank of Japan finally scrapped the world’s last negative interest rate last month amid...