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June 2008

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Reading boueki shuushi boueki toukei boueki. saabisu shuushi bumon betsu seichou kiyodo cheen sutoa hanbaigaku chiiki betsu kokusai shuushi chikou shisuu chingin kouzou kihon toukei chochiku kansuu chochiku toushi baransu chokusetsu toushi chuukan zai chuushou kigyou gyoukyou handan raiki mitooshi (zensangyou) chuushou kigyou keikyoukan chousa chuushou kigyou uriagedaka (seizougyou) daisanji sangyou katsudou shisuu defureetaa denki juyou jiseki deribatibu torihiki ni kansuru teirei shijou jouhou (yoshikuni toukei) difyuujon indekkusu eigyou rieki (zensangyou) gaika junbi tou no joukyou

English trade balance trade statistics Goods & Services Account Contributions to Changes in GDP Sales of Chain Stores Regional Balance of Payments Lagging index Basic Survey on Wage Structure savings function I-S balance, I-S relation direct investment Intermediate goods Index of Business Outlook Judgement SME Business Sentiment Index Index of Sales in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Indices of Tertiary Industry Activity Deflators Electricity Demand The Regular Derivatives Market Statistics (Yoshikuni Statistics) Diffusion Index (DI) Operating Profits International Reserves/ Foreign Currency Liquidity

Released by MOF MOF MOF Cabinet METI

MHLW

MOF Cabinet

Shoko Chukin Cabinet METI Cabinet FEPC BOJ

Cabinet MOF

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Japanese () () Reading gaika junbi zougen gaikoku kawase heikou sousa no jisshi joukyou genkai chochiku seikou genkai kouritsu genkai shouhi seikou genkai yunyuu seikou genkei retsu genzairyou shouhi shisuu (seizougyou) genzairyou zaiko ritsu shisuu (seizougyou) genzairyou zaiko shisuu (seizougyou) getsuji shouhi doukou chousa getsurei keizai houkoku ginkou shinki kashidashi kinri hadome kouka heikin chochiku seikou heikin shouhi seikou honpou taigai shisan fusai zandaka houjin kigyou doukou chousa houjin kigyou keiki yosoku chousa houjin kigyou toukei chousa houjin kigyou toukei kihou houjin kigyou toukei nenpou houjin muke saabisu kakaku shisuu houjin zei shuunyuu hyakkaten hanbai gaku ichiji sokuhou ne itchi keiretsu itchi shihyou English Changes in Reserve Assets Foreign Exchange Intervention Operations Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS) marginal efficiency Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC) Marginal Propensity to Import original series Index of Consumption of Raw Materials Index of Raw Materials Inventory to Consumption Ratio (Manufacturing) Index of Raw Materials Inventory (Manufacturing) Monthly Consumer Confidence Survey Monthly Economic Report Interest rates on new loans and discounts from banks ratchet effect Average Propensity to Save (APS) Average Propensity to Consume (APC) International Investment Position of Japan Business and Investment Survey of Incorporated Enterprises Business Outlook Survey Financial Statements Statistics of Corporations by Industry Company Statistics Seasonal Report Financial Statements Statistics of Corporations by Industry, Annual Corporate Service Price Index Corporation Tax Revenue Sales at Department Stores 1st preliminary Coincident Index Coincident indicator; Coincident index 2 Released by MOF MOF

Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet

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Cabinet ESRI, Cabinet Cabinet BOJ

MOF ESRI, Cabinet MOF MOF

MOF BOJ Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet

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Japanese ( ) ( ) Reading jisshitsu houjin kigyou setsubi toushi (zensangyou) jisshitsu kikai juchuu (senpaku denryoku o nozoku minju) jisshitsu kokunai sou shishutsu jisshitsu seichouritsu jisshitsu shouhi shishutsu jisshitsu yushutsu shisuu jouyou koyou shisuu (seizougyou) juutaku chakkou toukei kaden hanbai jisseki kadouritsu shisuu (seizougyou) kahei sakkaku kaihatsu tojoukoku ni taisuru shikin no nagare kaikaku to tenbou English Business Expenditures for New Plant and Equipment New orders for Machinery (excluding private demand for ship building & electric power plants) Gross Domestic Expenditure at Constant Prices (i.e. Real GDP) Real GDP Real Consumption Expenditures Real Trade Balance Index of Regular Workers Employment New Dwellings Started Sales of household electrical appliances Index of Capacity Utilization Ratio money illusion Japans Financial Flows to Developing Countries Basic Policies for Economic and Fiscal Policy Management and Structural Reform Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) Disposable Personal Income (DPI) Family Expenditure Released by Cabinet Cabinet

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MIC BOJ Cabinet MLIT NEBA Cabinet

MOF CEFP

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kakei chousa kakei no kashobun shotoku kakei shouhi shishutsu (zenkoku roudou sha setai meimoku) kanzen shitsugyou ritsu kashidashi shikin suishuu doukou tou kashidashi yakujou heikin kinri kashobun shotoku kashou koyou kinkou kasokudo genri keijou iten shuushi keijou shuushi keiki doukou chousa keiki doukou shisuu keiki uotchaa chousa keiki yosoku chousa

Cabinet

Unemployment Rate Principal Figures of Financial institutions Average Contracted Interest Rates on Loans and Discounts disposable income Underemployment Equilibrium acceleration principle Current Transfers Current Account Economic Trends Research Index of Business Conditions Economy Watchers Survey Business Outlook Survey

Cabinet BOJ BOJ

MOF MOF Teikoku Cabinet Cabinet MOF

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Japanese Reading keizai bukka no shourai tenbou to risku hyouka English Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (Formerly, Outlook and Risk Assessment of the Economy and Prices) Monthly Economic Report Building Construction Started Total Floor Area of Building Construction Started Indices of Construction Industry Activity Construction statistics Corporate goods price index Corporate goods price index (replaces the Wholesale Price Index) Annual Survey of Corporate Behaviour corporate service price index Machinery Orders/ Orders received for Machinery Private-sector Machinery Orders (excluding volatile ones for ships and electric power companies) Data on Machinery Orders seasonally adjusted series at annual rates Seasonally adjusted Seasonal Adjustment Index Contributions Imputed Value Net National Product (NNP) National Accounts National Income (NI) Estimates of GDP Gross National Product (GNP) GNE (=GNP) Average Contracted Interest Rate on Loans and Discounts NDP :Net Domestic Product Domestic Demand Domestic corporate goods price index Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Released by BOJ

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keizai houkoku kenchiku chakkou toukei kenchiku chakkou yukamenseki (shou koukougyou saabisu) kensetsu katsudou shisuu kensetsu toukei kigyou bukka kigyou bukka shisuu

Cabinet MLIT Cabinet

METI MLIT BOJ BOJ

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kigyou koudou ni kansuru chousa kigyou muke saabisu kakaku shisuu kikai juchuu kikai juchuu sempaku denryoku nozoku minju kikai juchuu toukei kisetsu chousei keiretsu kisetsu chousei zumi kisetsu chousei zumi shisuu kiyodo kizoku kachi kokumin jun seisan kokumin keizai keisan kokumin shotoku kokumin shotoku toukei sokuhou kokumin sou seisan kokumin sou shishutsu kokunai ginkou kashidashi yakujou heikin kinri kokunai jun seisan kokunai juyou kokunai kigyou bukka shisuu kokunai sou seisan

Cabinet BOJ Cabinet Cabinet

Cabinet Cabinet

Cabinet

Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet

Cabinet BOJ Cabinet

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Japanese Reading kokunai sou shishutsu kokusai oyobi kariirekin narabi ni seifu hoshou saimu genzon daka kokusai shuushi joukyou konbiniensu sutoa uriagedaka kouji jika koujou ricchi doukou chousa koujou shotoku kasetsu koukougyou seisan shisuu English GDE (= GDP) Gross Domestic Expenditure Central Government Debt Outstanding Government Bonds and Borrowings Balance of Payments Total Convenience Store Sales Published Land Prices Survey of Factory Location Trends permanent income hypothesis Indices of Industrial Production/ Index of Industries Production (Mining and Manufacturing) Indices of Producers Shipments in Mining and Manufacturing Public Administration etc. Indices Retail Sales Value Survey of loan conditions for Small Enteprises Machine Tool Orders official sector public demand public investment public inventory Compensation of Employees Monthly Labour Statistics Monthly Labour Survey Money Supply (M2+CD) Gross Domestic Expenditure at Current Prices (i.e. Nominal GDP) residential investment private demand non-residential investment private consumption; Private final consumption expenditure private inventory Domestic shipments of Major Consumer Electronic Equipment Monthly Economic Report Annual Annualized Rate 5 Released by Cabinet MOF

MOF JFA MLIT METI

METI

M2CD

koukougyou seisansha shukkou shisuu koumu tou katsudou shisuu kourigyou hanbaigaku kourigyou no kariire joukyou chousa kousaku kikai juchuu gaku kouteki bumon kouteki juyou kouteki kotei shihon keishiki kouteki zaiko hin zouka koyousha shotoku maitsuki roudou toukei maitsuki roudou toukei chousa maneesapurai (M2+CD) meimoku kokunai sou shishutsu minkan juutaku minkan juyou minkan kigyou setsubi minkan saishuu shouhi shishutsu minkan zaiko hin zouka minseiyou denshi kiki kokunai shukka naikakufu getsurei keizai houkoku nenjibetsu nenritsuhyouji

METI METI METI NLFC JMTBA Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet MHLW MHLW Cabinet Cabinet

Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet JEITA Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet

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Japanese Reading nikkei kigyou no keikyoukan chousa (17 ) English monthly survey of Japanese companies business sentiment in Asia Nikkei Commodity Price Index (17 items) Indices of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Production Balance of Offshore Accounts Lagging Index Sales of Large-scale Retail Stores Large Industrial Power Consumption Wholesale Price Index (WPI) Laspeyres formula calendar year Labour share marginal product of labor Released by JETRO

ajia

nikkei shouhin shisuu (17 shu) nourinsuisan seisan shisuu ofushoa kanjou zandaka okuriyuki keiretsu oogata kouriten hanbaigaku ooguchi denryoku shiyouryou oroshiuri bukka shisuu rasupairesu houshiki rekinen roudou bunpai ritsu roudou no genkai seisanryoku roudou toukei roudouryoku chousa saishuu juyou saishuu juyou zai zaiko ritsu shisuu

Cabinet METI MOF METI Cabinet

Cabinet

Labour statistics Labour Force Survey Final Demand Index of Producer's Final Demand Goods and Inventory Shipment Ratio saishuu juyou zai zaiko Index of Producer's Final shisuu Demand Goods Inventory sakiyuki kei leading Index sakiyuki shihyou leading indicator 3 sandai toshi en heikin no average cost of land for juutakuchi, shougyouchi residential and commercial use in three major cities (Tokyo, Osaka & Nagoya) sangyou katsudou bunseki Analysis of All Industrial Activities seifu saishuu shouhi government consumption shishutsu seikatsu ishiki ni kansuru The Opinion Survey on the ankeeto chousa General Public's Mindset and Behavior seikatsu ni kansuru ankeeto Opinion Survey on the General chousa Publics Mindset and Behavior () seisan shisuu (koukougyou) Index of Industries Production (Mining and Manufacturing)/ Indices of Industrial Production seisan zai shukka shisuu Index of Producers Shipments seisen shokuhin wo nozoku General index excluding fresh sougou shisuu food seizou kougyou seisan Index of Manufacturing yosoku Production Forecast sekiyu toukei Petroleum Statistics setsubi kadou ritsu Capacity Utilisation Ratio shameibetsu shinsha New car sales by model hanbai daisuu shigaichi kakaku shisuu Urban Land Price Index shihanki nyuusatsu quarterly refunding

MHLW MHLW Cabinet

Cabinet

MLIT

METI Cabinet

BOJ METI

MIC METI METI METI JAIA JREI USA

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Japanese () Reading shiharai shihon shuushi shihon zai shihonzai shukka shisuu shikin junkan kanjou shinki kyuujin suu (nozoku gakusotsu) shinki yakujou kashidashi kinri shinsetsu juutaku chakkou tosuu shinsetsu juutaku chakkou yukamenseki shinsha hanbai daisuu shinki touroku ( shinsha todokede daisuu ) (jouyousha) shizen shitsugyouritsu roudou jikan ( shoteigai shishuu (seizougyou) ) shougyou hanbai gaku () shisuu (oroshiuri gyou) shougyou hanbai toukei English debits capital and financial account capital goods Shipment of capital goods index Flow of funds New Job offers Except for New Graduates Contracted Interest Rates on New Loans New Housing Starts Released by MOF

BOJ Cabinet

Cabinet

Total Floor Area of New Housing Cabinet Construction Started New Car Sales JADA Number of New Passenger Car Cabinet Registrations and Reports

Natural rate of unemployment Index of Non-Scheduled Worked Cabinet Hours Index of Sales in Wholesale Cabinet Trade Current Survey of Commerce Cabinet; METI shougyou hanbai toukei Sales of Large-scale Retail (oogata kouri ten) Stores shouhi doukou chousa Consumer Confidence Survey ESRI, Cabinet shouhi iyoku shisuu Index of Propensity to Consume Hakuhodo shouhi kansuu consumption function shouhi seikou Propensity to consume shouhi shishutsu Consumption Expenditures MIC shouhi suijun seikou Living Expenditure Level Index shouhisha bukka shisuu Consumer Price Index MIC shouhisha bukka shisuu Consumer Price Index (General MIC ( (seisen shokuhin wo index excluding fresh food) ) nozoku sougou shisuu) shouhisha doukou chousa Consumer Confidence Survey ESRI, Cabinet shouhisha shinri chousa Survey of Consumer Sentiment NRI shouhisha taido shisuu Consumer Confidence Index Cabinet shouken toushi portfolio investment MOF shutoen manshon hanbai Condominium sales in the Tokyo JREI tosuu Metropolitan Area shuyou ginkou kashidashi Senior Loan Officer Opinion BOJ doukou ankeeto chousa Survey on Bank Lending Practices at Large Japanese Banks sokuhou provisional soujuyou aggregate demand soukyoukyuu aggregate supply soutai shotoku kaisetsu relative income hypothesis souzou kougyou seisan Survey of Production Forecast in METI yosoku shisuu Manufacturing (Now, Planned Production on a month-on-month Mizuho Securities - Translation Tools 7

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Japanese English basis) taigai oyobi tainai Foreign Direct Investment chokusetsu toushi joukyou transactions in taigai oyobi tainai shouken International baibai keiyaku tou no securities joukyou taikakei minkan hieiri dantai Private nonprofit institutions serving households taikyuu zaijuchuu durable goods orders tainai oyobi taigai shouken securities investment at home toushi tou no joukyou and abroad tainai shouken toushi Purchases and sales of domestic securities by non-residents tainai taigai shouken toushi International transactions in securities taizennen doutsukihi changes from previous year tanshin setai shushi chousa Income and Expenditure Survey for One-person Households tokkyo nado shiyouryou royalties and license fees toushi kankyou shisuu Index of investment climate toushi kankyou shisuu Index of Investment Climate () (seizougyou) toushi no kengai kouritsu Marginal Efficiency of Investment (MEI) toushi shuueki investment income toushi shuushi Financial Account ( toushi zai shukka shisuu Index of Producer's Shipment of (nozoku yusou kikai) Investment Goods ) tsuukan boueki toukei Trade data tsuukan shuushi Trade balance on customs clearance basis uketori Credits youso shotoku factor incomes yunyuu Shinsha hanbai Sales number of imported daisuu vehicles yushutsu suuryou shisuu Export volume index () yuukou kyuujin bairitsu Ratio of job offers to Applicants (nozoku gakusotsu) zaika saabisu no jun Net Exports of Goods & Services yushutsu zaika saabisu no yunyu Imports of goods & Services zaika saabisu no yushutsu Exports of Goods & Services zaiko ritsu Inventory Ratio zaimushou keiki yosoku Business Outlook Survey of the chousa Ministry of Finance zaisei shikin tai minkan Receipts and Payment of shuushi Treasury Funds with the Private Sector zaisei yuushi shikin geppou Monthly Report of the Fiscal Loan Fund zenkoku hyakkaten National Department Store Sales Reading Released by MOF MOF

BOJ

MOF MOF MOF

ESRI Cabinet

MOF Cabinet

Cabinet JAIA

Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet Cabinet METI MOF MOF

MOF JDSA

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Japanese Reading baibaidaka zenkoku konbini uriagedaka zenkoku shigaichi kakaku shisuu zenkoku shouhisha bukka shisuu zensangyou katsudou shisuu zensetai zettai shotoku kaisetsu English Natoinal turnover for convenience stores Urban Land Price Index Consumer price index Japan Indices of All Industrial Activity all households absolute income hypothesis Released by JFA JREI MIC METI

Note. As far as possible the English is as provided by the issuer of the economic data.

Cabinet = Cabinet Office CEFP = Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy; ESRI = Economic and Social Research Institute; FEPC = The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan; Hakuhodo = Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living; JADA = Japan Automobile Dealers Association; JDSA = Japan Department Stores Association; JEITA = Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association; JFA = Japan Franchise Association; JMTBA = Japan Machine Tool Builders Association; JREI = Japan Real Estate Institute; JREI = Japan Real Estate Institute; METI = Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry; MHLW = Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; MIC = Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication; MLIT = Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; MOF = Ministry of Finance; NEBA = Nippon Electric Big-Stores Association; NLFC: National Life Finance Corporation; NRI = Nippon Research Institute; Teikoku = Teikoku DataBank

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