Postdivorceier says trade talks are underway, and the u. K. Much must offer more. We have breaking news in south korea. It was a data dump morning. The surplus widening. Year on year, 6 billion. Industrial output rising 2. 7 . This is also for the month of august. That is well above what economists had estimated at a gain of 1. 3 . The number to really watch is the factory output, the industrial output, 2. 7 . We did see a revision and inkage or decline, 0. 2 down 0. 2 in prior months. A lot of the focus is on how these numbers have been changing with the geopolitical tensions in north korea. Is that going to dampen consumer demands and outlook for south korea . Yvonne mark yvonne it is interesting, month on month numbers in industrial production, i saw weakness in the month of august, less than expected at 0. 4 . We saw that survey this morning, looking less positive when it comes to manufacturing, as well as the export growth manufacturing. Export growth, we saw 31 jump from a year a
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TOKYO: Governor Haruhiko Kuroda starts his last full year at the helm of Bank of Japan (BoJ) amid hints of public discontent over rising prices that could shape the direction of the central bank after he leaves or even as soon as coming months.
Surveyed economists say that in the unlikely scenario the BOJ responds to price pressures or yen weakness, the most likely step would be to adjust its messaging rather than policy.