Kansai Economic Insight Monthly Vol.73 (May 2019)
Abstract
Summary: Economy remains sluggish with signs of potential deterioration
- Production in March shrank MoM for the first time in two months.
- The April trade balance remained positive for the third month in a row, but it shrank YoY.
- The Economy Watchers’ DI in March improved MoM for the first time in two months.
- Real wages in February increased YoY for the second month in a row.
- Sales by large retailers in March expanded for the first time in five months.
- New housing starts in March increased YoY for the first time in two months.
- The effective job offers-to-applicants ratio in March remained unchanged.
- March was the 13th month of uninterrupted YoY growth in construction.
- International arrivals at KIX in April grew YoY for the seventh month in a row.
- China’s PMI in April deteriorated for the first time in two months.
著者
INADA, Yoshihisa
Director of Research & Derector of Center for Quantitative Economic Analysis(CQEA), Asia Pacific Institute of Research and Professor emeritus, Konan University
Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Economic Forecasting
KARAVASILEV, Yani
Associate Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University and Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Institute of Research
Economic Development, Foreign Direct Investment, International HRM, the Asian and Japanese Economies