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Private consumption will be supported by favourable labour and income conditions and high corporate profits, a senior Cabinet Office official said on Monday.The underlying trend in private consumption remains solid on the back of positive real wages, the official told reporters.The government's measures limited the rise in prices during the April-June period, although high costs are increasingly being passed downstream from midstream producers, he said.Food companies have announced retail price increases for summer and beyond, while high costs are likely to be passed through to retail prices in the July-September period, the official said. The ripple effect of higher costs on prices was limited in the second quarter, he added.Japan's economy for the April-June period rose 0.3% q/q, or an annualized 1.1% for the third straight growth due to strong net exports, although private consumption and capital investment were weak, preliminary GDP data released by the Cabinet Office showed on Monday.Private consumption, which accounts for about 60% of Japan's GDP, fell 0.0% q/q in Q2 following a revised 0.5% rise (revised from +0.3%) in Q1.Business investment fell 1.2% q/q in Q2 for the second straight drop following a revised 1.0% drop in Q1Private consumption was solid during the period, as automobile and air-conditioner sales remained firm in Q2 amid slower price increases and rising wages, the official said.Capital investment was also firm overall, with the underlying trend remaining solid, he said.Corporate appetite for capital investment is solid on the back of high corporate profits and labour shortages, which have boosted digital investment, he said.
Japan's exports posted an 11th straight monthly rise in July, increasing 23.2% y/y after rising 19.3% in June, driven by higher exports of automobiles and semiconductors, Ministry of Finance data showed Thursday.: https://www.customs.go.jp/toukei/shinbun/trade-st_e/2026/2026074e.xmlExports of automobiles rose 19.5% in July after increasing 23.0% in June, while semiconductor exports climbed 49.1% after rising 53.8%, reflecting continued solid global demand for IT-related goods.Imports rose 27.8% in July for a sixth straight month after increasing 25.4% in June.Japan posted a trade deficit of JPY634.5 billion in July, the third straight monthly deficit, widening from JPY409.9 billion in June amid higher crude oil import costs.Exports to China, Japan's largest trading partner, rose 25.8% in July for a fifth straight month after increasing 17.6% in June.Exports to the U.S. rose 22.0% in July for a fifth straight month after increasing 13.0% in June. Automobile exports to the U.S. rose 32.1% after increasing 34.5% in June.
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Japan's services producer price index rose 3.6% y/y in July, accelerating from a revised 3.4% gain in June and marking the highest increase since May, as firms continued to pass higher labour and input costs through to prices, preliminary Bank of Japan data showed Wednesday.The index was pushed up by transportation and postal services, particularly ocean tankers, where prices rose 67.4% y/y from 52.2% in June, as well as finance and insurance services, which rose 1.3% from 0.9%.The SPPI rose 0.4% m/m in July after falling 0.3% in June.The data suggest businesses are continuing to pass higher materials and labour costs through to service prices, adding to pressure on household living costs.Many firms plan to raise retail prices in October, potentially adding to upward pressure on services inflation.Services with a high labour-cost ratio rose 3.0% y/y in July, unchanged from June, while services with a low labour-cost ratio rose 4.4%, accelerating from 4.0%.
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