Toru Fujioka

2 days ago | bloomberg.com | Toru Fujioka

A Japanese flag flies at the Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo. (Bloomberg) -- Bank of Japan board members signaled their intention for further rate hikes while citing the need to stay vigilant due the potential economic impacts from US tariff measures, according to a summary of opinions from their April 30-May 1 meeting.

2 days ago | businessmirror.com.ph | Toru Fujioka

Japan’s economy likely suffered a contraction in the first three months of this year, signaling underlying fragility even before US tariff measures started hitting the country in earnest, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Gross domestic product adjusted for inflation shrank by 0.3 percent in the first quarter on an annualized basis, according to the median estimate of economists. That result would mean the first quarterly drop in a year.

3 days ago | bloomberg.com | Toru Fujioka

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s bank deposits increased at the slowest pace since April 2007 as households seek to safeguard their assets from inflation. Deposits climbed 0.7% in April from a year earlier, decelerating for a third straight month, according to a Bank of Japan report released Monday.   The data add to signs that Japanese households are shifting their long-held stance of holding deposits or cash, a strategy enabled by more than a decade of deflation.

3 days ago | japantimes.co.jp | Toru Fujioka

Japan’s economy likely suffered a contraction in the first three months of this year, signaling underlying fragility even before U.S. tariff measures started hitting the country in earnest, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Gross domestic product adjusted for inflation shrank by 0.3% in the first quarter on an annualized basis, according to the median estimate of economists. That result would mean the first quarterly drop in a year.

3 days ago | hk.news.yahoo.com | Toru Fujioka

Toru Fujioka 2025年5月11日 下午8:35 【彭博】-- 彭博對經濟學家的調查顯示，日本第一季度經濟可能出現萎縮，顯示在美國關稅措施開始造成嚴重衝擊之前，日本經濟就已經出現疲態。 日本政府周五將公佈國內生產毛額(GDP)數據。經濟學家的預估中值顯示，第一季度經通膨調整後的GDP環比折年率料下降0.3%，這將是日本經濟一年來首次出現季度萎縮。 這將增加日本經濟出現技術性衰退的可能性，並給該國央行貨幣政策正常化進程和首相石破茂的夏季選舉前景蒙上陰影。 經濟學家預計多重因素導致經濟萎縮，在前一個季度進口大幅下降給經濟帶來意外提振後淨出口可能成為一大拖累，同時通膨居高不下之際消費支出持續停滯。 第一生命經濟研究所資深經濟學家Yoshiki Shinke表示：「日本經濟目前缺乏成長引擎，而這還是在川普關稅衝擊之前。我認為下一季度很可能繼續萎縮。」 目前鮮有跡象表明美日兩國接近達成貿易協議，美國貿易代表盧特尼克稱與日本達成協議需要「大量時間」。 周五將公佈的經濟數據也可能支持日本央行的觀望立場。本月初，日本央行大幅下調本財年的經濟成長預測，並預計將更晚實現通膨目標。...