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Expansion may be at end, data show

Japan's longest postwar expansion may be over, as record crude oil and raw material costs discourage companies from hiring and spending, according to a government report Monday. The government downgraded its evaluation of the coincident index, a measure... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Mon, Jun 09 2008

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10 Sep 08		Coincident index rise too small to dispel economic gloom  »  Japan Times The economy is "deteriorating," the government reiterated Wednesday, acknowledging the country's longest postwar expansion has probably ended. The coincident index, which tracks factory and retail sales, rose to 103.3 in July, the Cabinet Office said in...
03 Apr 08		Downtrend in business sentiment  »  Japan Times Japan's longest postwar economic expansion, which started in February 2002, appears headed toward a critical stage. The Bank of Japan's Tankan survey shows that business sentiment among companies has deteriorated because of the yen's steep rise against...
04 Jun 07		Capital spending climbs to new record  »  Japan Times Capital spending by companies totaled a record 17.729 trillion yen in the January-March period on an all-industry basis, up 13.6 percent from a year earlier and the 16th straight quarterly expansion,... Read more . . .
05 May 07		Meet Japan's beaten generation  »  Japan Times The economy is in its longest period of expansion in postwar history, university grads are being hired at levels not seen since the bubble economy of the late 1980s, and the price of a square meter... Read more . . .
07 Aug 08		Cabinet Office report points to recession  »  Japan Times With the word "weakening," the Cabinet Office on Thursday effectively called an end to the longest expansion of the postwar period. In its report for August, the office did away with the July phrasing that the recovery is pausing, making it clear the...

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