CHINA+ DATA WRAP 24 May 2024: Japan's consumer inflation still cooling

Japan’s consumer inflation still cooling, as the BoJ monitors wage inflation and the impact of the weak JPY

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CHINA+ DATA WRAP 22 May 2024: Japan's exports maintain steady growth

Japan's exports maintain steady growth, led by cars and chips

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21 May 2024 China+ Monitor China's new property measures a good first step, but not enough

• Policymakers on Friday announced a raft of property support measures aimed at tackling oversupply...
• ...But the funding allocated to buy up unsold housing inventory is just the start, and more will be needed.
• In April, second-hand housing prices plunged at their steepest rate since September 2014.

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CHINA+ DATA WRAP 17 May 2024; China activity - retail sales slow

China activity - retail sales slow as industrial output rebounds; likely major property policy announcement due today

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20 May 2024 China+ Monitor China's activity data mixed, ahead of incoming support policies

• China’s April retail sales were hit by falling auto sales; the trade -in incentives should provide support.
• Industrial output regained its vim in April, led by high-tech manufacturing.
• Renewed government-bond issuance should restore infrastructure investment growth, after the April dip.

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