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Abe's Reform of JA-Zenchu: What it Does and Doesn't Do Less Than Meets the Eye

Richard analyses why the Zenchu reform is not an agricultural reform as Abe claims and why it is just another of the incremental steps that have gradually weakened JA-Zenchu’s power over the last few decades.

State & Local Outlook Continues to Firm Near-Term

FMI’s commentary on the key fiscal debates in 2015.

US Dollar & Trade Prices Review

FMI’s analysis of US Dollar Movements & Trade Prices in January.

Data Round-Up: NFIB, JOLTS Trends Continue to Improve

FMI’s analyses of January NFIB Small Business Optimism Index and December JOLTS data.

FMI Weekly Data Preview: February 9-13

FMI’s Preview of this week’s major data releases.

FMI's Graphic Summary of the Employment Situation

FMI’s Graphic Summary of the Employment Situation.

Data Round-Up: Strong Jobs, Wages Results Reinforce Fed's Plan to Hike Rates in Mid-2015

FMI’s analysis of this morning’s January Employment report including the 2015 Annual Payroll Benchmark.

Data Round-Up: Trade Points to Modest Downward Revision to 14Q4 GDP

FMI’s analysis of this morning’s December International Trade results.

January Employment Preview: Expect +275K Private Payroll Jobs

FMI’s Preview of January Employment including a review of 14Q4 Productivity and Labor Costs results and the latest Weekly Initial UI Claims data.

Data Round-Up: Vehicle Sales Off to Strong 2015 Start; Services Holding Up Well

FMI’s analyses of January Vehicle Sales and the January Non-Manufacturing Index.

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