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Big Japanese manufacturers are the most pessimistic in almost three years after a diplomatic dispute with China and Europe’s austerity measures dragged exports to a fifth monthly decline in October.
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The backlash against Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke ’s plans to buy an additional $600 billion of U.S. Treasuries may stiffen the Bank of Japan’s resolve against more aggressive monetary easing steps.
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Analysts from the 24 primary dealers in the Japanese government bond market comment on Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa ’s performance, in addition to Japan’s struggle with deflation and the power and limitations of monetary policy.
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Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda risks stalling the economy by pushing through a higher sales tax that may damp consumption even as it aids efforts to tame the world’s largest debt burden.
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Japan’s risk of becoming the first Group of Seven member to return to a recession after the global financial crisis eased as the G-7 intervened to halt the yen’s appreciation.
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The Bank of Japan is still assessing the economic effect of the yen’s rise to a 15-year high, according to three people familiar with the matter, an indication it has no immediate plans to ease monetary policy.
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Japan begins forging a road map for recovery from its worst postwar disaster next month, a process that may determine whether it sheds the legacy of the 1980s bubble or has a third “lost decade” of stagnation and deflation .
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Japan’s industrial production rose less than expected as companies from Nissan Motor Co. to Toyota Motor Corp. warned that a yen close to a post World War II high threatens to drag down exports.
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The Bank of Japan is increasing its purchases of government debt because it probably won’t meet its inflation goal in 2013, Moody’s Investors Service said.
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