Japan JP

Currency: JPY. Central bank: Bank of Japan. JPY/USD: 0.0063.

Macro read

Consolidated decision read: what to monitor, why it matters, and where the data is still thin.

Regime scenario

Low risk

Soft landing

Growth slowing below trend with inflation at or below target.

Growth Slowing 4.9 · Inflation On target 6.8 · weakest: Fiscal 3.5, Monetary 5.0

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Macro regime

Six dimensions, scored from 0 to 10. Radar shows the overall shape; cards show trend and label per dimension.

Growth

4.9Stable

slowing

Inflation

6.8Stable

on target

Labor

5.3Stable

balanced

Monetary

5.0Worsening

neutral

External

8.0Stable

strong

Fiscal

3.5Stable

neutral

Key indicators

Cross-country comparable indicators with 5-year micro history. Latest bar in gold; missing indicators render with a baseline.

Japan GDP YoY

0.73%

Japan CPI YoY

2.10%

Japan unemployment

2.50%

BOJ policy rate

1.25%

Japan 10y JGB yield

2.70%

Japan Current account % GDP

5.03% of GDP

Japan Government debt % GDP

204.80% of GDP

Japan Fiscal balance % GDP

-0.70% of GDP

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