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TOE Alert: Abe approval down again, so are real wages, TPP delayed, BOJ infighting, etc.
posted by Richard Katz on November 10, 2014
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A couple days before the October 31 meeting of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) Monetary Policy Board, an informal poll of Board members showed the median projection for inflation was just 1.5%, down from the previous forecast of 1.9% .
Abstract
Abe’s approval ratings fell again; in the NHK poll, approval was down to 44% while disapproval was up to 38%.
About Richard Katz
Richard Katz is Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics In International Affairs, the New York correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai, a leading Japanese business magazine, and formerly the editor of The Oriental Economist Report, a monthly newsletter on Japan.
Mr. Katz has taught about Japan’s economy as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, and as a Visiting Lecturer in Economics at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook.
Mr. Katz is the author of two books on Japan's economic travails and has just finished a third book on reviving entrepreeurship in Japan.
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