Japan’s Shindo: Economy expected to gradually recover as wages and income improve
|Commenting on the second-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data released on Thursday, Japanese Economy Minister Yoshitaka Shindo said that the “economy expected to gradually recover as wages and income improve.”
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Government (govt) will work closely with the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to carry out flexible macroeconomic policy management.
Govt will closely monitor, economic, price situations and financial markets.
Need to be mindful of downside risks in overseas economy, market movements.
Market reaction
USD/JPY keeps the bid tone intact near 147.50 following these above comments, adding 0.13% on the day.
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