BOJ Maintains Assessment on Regional Economies

July 7, 2015 Share Print 0

The Bank of Japan on Monday maintained its assessments of eight of nine regional economies on the back of improving employment and income conditions as the country’s economy continues to recover moderately.

The central bank upgraded its view on Hokkaido in northernmost Japan from the previous report in April, saying the region’s economy has been recovering moderately, citing an increase in production.

“We recognize that the economies are on the recovery track without a major regional gap,” a BOJ official said, with the central bank describing all nine regional economies as “recovering” in July, though their pace differed.

Indicating a recovery in housing demand, which had dropped after last year’s consumption tax hike, the BOJ raised its assessment of housing investment in six regional economies, including the Kanto-Koshinetsu region centering on Tokyo.

The central bank’s assessments on consumption were upgraded for Kanto-Koshinetsu and Hokuriku regions.

via Mainichi

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Alfonso Esparza specializes in macro forex strategies for North American and major currency pairs. Upon joining OANDA in 2007, Alfonso Esparza established the MarketPulseFX blog and he has since written extensively about central banks and global economic and political trends. Alfonso has also worked as a professional currency trader focused on North America and emerging markets. He has been published by The MarketWatch, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and The Globe and Mail, and he also appears regularly as a guest commentator on networks including Bloomberg and BNN. He holds a finance degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) and an MBA with a specialization on financial engineering and marketing from the University of Toronto.