A further rise in business investment. Private consumption fell on the quarter as consumers struggle with rising living costs and falling real wages. How do you think investors are going to respond to this news . The japanese economy is performing quite well. I dont think it will be a big market reaction. Simply because the indications for Monetary Policy are not clear cut. The bank ofjapan is already quite optimistic about the gdp growth, and what really matters for Monetary Policy is how global inflation is. Strong gdp growth, the margin, Rising Inflationary pressures. As we have seen in the past, it can turn around things injapan, so the wage growth really matters, how much it will ease Household Burden on the cost of living. In terms of the bank ofjapan, looking at whether they are actually going to raise Interest Rates after quite some time, what do you project . We time, what do you proect . We dont time, what do you proect . We dont thinkļ¬ time, what do you project . Dont thin
The uk, unemployment rose to 4. 2 in the uk, unemployment rose to 4. 2 in the three months tojune, up from 3. 9 in the previous three months. Average wages, not including bonuses, grew at a record rate of 7. 8 during that same period, which is almost the same as the latest uk Inflation Measure of 7. 9 , which was recorded injune. It means average pay has almost caught up with price rises. Lets discuss that now with jane foley, who is head of strategy at a bank. It sounds good that wage growth has caught up with inflation, but is there something more complicated at play here . There is alwa s a complicated at play here . There is always a sting complicated at play here . There is always a sting in complicated at play here . There is always a sting in the complicated at play here . There is always a sting in the tail complicated at play here . There is always a sting in the tail with always a sting in the tail with economic data. What it does mean is that it economic data. What it does m