Richard Jerram
Richard Jerram
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The economy has finally crawled out of its 1990s misery. This is the first time since the late 1980s that I've seen signs of a broad domestic revival.
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It has always worked in the past. It's always been a turning point in the economy when measures have been taken to bail out the financial system.
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The economy is in much better condition than at the time of the previous lower house election in November 2003 ... This should help Koizumi's party in the coming vote.
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Japan is forecast to be the fastest-growing G7 economy over the next two years. The biggest contribution to growth is coming from private sector demand.
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Overall, we feel that views on the economy have probably become excessively negative in recent months on the basis of the performance of two economic indicators: exports and industrial production.
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Exports seem to be stalling and there are some signs this is already being felt by industrial production,
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It's very encouraging in these figures to see that employment is picking up. That's going to help domestic output and domestic incomes. The trends are all very positive.
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Price rises are gradually feeding down the production chain.
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The hope now is that there is a shift in the direction and speed of reform.
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I'm looking for faster growth on the basis that the improvement in employment and wages is going to continue, ... It looks as if just about everything that could go right is going right with the economic outlook.
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It's really rather worrying that six weeks into the job, he still hasn't figured out the difference. It does suggest there's quite a nasty policy mistake coming our way and quite a nasty recession.
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He doesn't really have an economic reform policy. He's not really about to get tough in the economic sphere,
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The number of shareholders who have invested in returns, rather than relationships, has increased.
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The stage is set for things to at least not get worse from the middle of 2002,