Industrial Production, Household Spending, Unemployment & Consumer Prices (Aug.)

While the consumer spending data send conflicting messages for Q3 GDP growth, the solid rise in industrial production in August strongly suggests that Japan’s economy continued to recover in the third quarter. However, the continued decline in underlying inflation should ring the alarm bells at the Bank of Japan.

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