Japanese GDP is likely to expand an average 1.7% through March 2019. Growth should be about 1.6% in April through December this year, rising to 1.8% next January through March.
Focus on relations between Pyongyang and the world
Subject to shareholder approval
Overheated global economic recovery a risk
It has begun. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has started the process to reappoint Haruhiko Kuroda as governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) by submitting a request to the Japanese Diet.
Boosting profile in the region
Japanese equity markets have been tested by global market volatility so far this year.