日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / Business

Retail sales in Japan exceed forecast

China Daily | Updated: 2012-02-29 07:59

TOKYO - Japan's retail sales exceeded economists' forecasts in January, signaling a recovery in consumer spending will help the world's third-largest economy return to growth this quarter.

Sales rose 1.9 percent from a year earlier, after a 2.5 percent increase in December, the Trade Ministry said in Tokyo on Tuesday.

The median forecast of 15 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for a 0.1 percent decline. From a month earlier, sales gained 4.1 percent.

Car sales jumped 24 percent, the most in 22 years, after the government re-introduced a subsidy for buyers of so-called eco-cars.

A pick-up in household spending and reconstruction work after last year's earthquake and tsunami may aid an expansion in gross domestic product this quarter after a contraction in the final three months of 2011.

"The unusual surge in retail sales in January is mostly due to the special factor of government subsidies for eco-cars," said Takuji Okubo, chief Japan economist at Societe Generale SA in Tokyo. "Excluding that factor, Japanese consumption is resilient."

While Japan's economy shrank an annualized 2.3 percent in the final three months of last year, RBS Securities Japan Ltd has forecast an expansion of 1.6 percent this quarter.

Improving sentiment

The consumer confidence index climbed to 40 in January, the highest since February 2011, the Cabinet Office said on Feb 9. Monthly wages including overtime and bonuses rose for the first time in 7 months, increasing a revised 0.1 percent in December from a year earlier, according to the Labor Ministry data released on Feb 17.

A recovery in household demand, which slumped in the aftermath of the March 11 disaster as weaker confidence and electricity shortages kept people at home, is helping retailers.

Yamada Denki Co, an electronics-store operator, forecast earnings that beat analysts' estimates on Feb 9. Seven & I Holdings Co, a convenience store chain, plans to open 300 outlets over the next three years that include self-service gas stands, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Feb 21.

Aluminum shipments

Japan's shipments of rolled-aluminum products dropped 0.1 percent on year in January, a slower pace than December, as recovery in demand from the auto and building sectors almost offset weaker sales to machinery and can makers.

Supplies to domestic and export markets dropped to 156,455 tons last month from 156,643 tons a year earlier, the Japan Aluminium Association said on Tuesday in a statement. The pace of decrease decelerated from December's 6.1 percent.

Bloomberg News

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 初体验3在线观看 | a毛片视频 | 99国产精品 | 视频一区二区在线播放 | 日本三级视频在线播放 | 亚洲天堂色 | 亚洲专区在线播放 | 丰满少妇久久久久久久 | 深夜福利在线视频 | 久操视频在线免费观看 | 成人av在线网站 | 九九九视频在线观看 | 国产com | 国产色综合天天综合网 | 国产日韩欧美另类 | 高清一区二区三区四区 | 日韩国产激情 | 欧美区在线观看 | 美女啪啪免费视频 | 欧美一区二区在线播放 | 亚洲最新网址 | 国产成人精品一区二区三区四区 | 国产精品一区三区 | yellow网站在线观看 | 午夜视频在线观看网站 | 日韩中文字幕 | 欧美中文日韩 | 日韩福利视频导航 | 国产3级在线观看 | 黄色精品在线观看 | 女人毛片视频 | 国产一区二区三区在线看 | 日韩欧美中| 五级黄色片 | av色哟哟| 深夜在线观看 | 精品白浆 | 日本黄色三级视频 | 成人免费网站在线观看 | 亚洲自拍偷拍精品 | 成人亚洲在线 |