Japan News, Economy & Financial Markets
MacroVar analyzes in real-time economic, financial and geopolitical developments for Japan's economy and financial markets by monitoring financial, economic data and real-time news. To help you forecast and analyze economic and financial developments, our team provides you with free explanation of the theory and structure of our models and access to financial and economic data.
Japan Markets Overview
Overview presents a real-time snapshot of financial and economic developments in Japan. The Japanese stock market, bonds, currency and credit market dynamics are analyzed along with Italy macroeconomic dynamics.
| Symbol | Price | 1D% | M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Yen US Dollar (JPY/USD) | 150.93 | 0.1 | |
| Japan 10-Year Bond Yield | 0.74 | 1.5 | |
| Nikkei | 40835 | 2.1 | |
| manufacturing pmi | 47.7 | -1 | |
| services pmi | 51.5 | 1 |
| Symbol | Price | 1D% | M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan TED Spread | 0.21 | 9.5 | |
| 3 month JPY Yen LIBOR interest rate | 0 | 0 | |
| Japan 3 month T-bills | 0 | -116.7 | |
| Japan Credit Default Swaps | 18.43 | 0 | |
| iShares MSCI Japan ETF | 71.47 | 0.8 | |
| Japanese Yen US Dollar (JPY/USD) | 150.93 | 0.1 | |
| Japan 10-Year Bond Yield | 0.74 | 1.5 | |
| Nikkei | 40835 | 2.1 | |
| Japan Yield Curve | 0.56 | -0.2 | |
| JAPANESE YEN 1M FX | 10.61 | 3.5 | |
| EURO / JAPANESE YEN 1M FX | 0 | 0 | |
| Japan 2-year bond yield | 0.19 | 9.1 | |
| Nikkei Volatility | 0 | 0 | |
| JPYUSD Implied Volatility | 10.44 | 3.8 | |
| JYVIX | 0 | 0 | |
| JPY LIBOR ON | -0.09 | 0.6 | |
| JPY LIBOR 1W | -0.08 | -7.2 | |
| JPY LIBOR 1M | -0.06 | 0 | |
| JPY LIBOR 2M | 0 | -100 | |
| JPY LIBOR 3M | -0.03 | 0 | |
| JPY LIBOR 6M | 0.07 | -5.2 | |
| JPY LIBOR 12M | 0.05 | -1.7 | |
| iTraxx Asia Ex-Japan Index | 100.5 | 0 | |
| Japan 5-Year Bond Yield | 0.38 | 4.4 |
| Symbol | Price | 1D% | M |
|---|---|---|---|
| business confidence | 12 | 33 | |
| car registrations | 200630 | -11 | |
| composite pmi | 50 | 1 | |
| consumer confidence | 37.2 | 3 | |
| gdp growth annual | 2 | 0 | |
| housing index | 135.84 | 1 | |
| industrial production | -1.4 | -223 | |
| inflation cpi | 2.8 | -15 | |
| manufacturing pmi | 47.7 | -1 | |
| retail sales annual | 5.3 | 29 | |
| services pmi | 51.5 | 1 | |
| unemployment rate | 2.5 | 0 |
Japan Real-Time News
Newsflow
| Time | Headlines | See All News >> |
|---|---|---|
| 08:11:31 | OpenAI seeks partners in the Japanese semiconductor industry - Nikkei. | |
| 08:11:22 | BoJ: We may put less emphasis on inflation in policy setting. | |
| 08:11:22 | Senior Japan MOF Official: G7 finance leaders are likely to discuss aid to Ukraine and Russia sanctions at this week's meeting. | |
| 08:11:22 | Japan's Top Currency Diplomat Kanda: We are in frequent contact with FX officials abroad. | |
| 08:11:17 | Japanese Core Machinery Orders MoM Actual 7.7% (Forecast 0.8%, Previous -1.7%) | |
| 08:11:17 | Japanese Core Machinery Orders YoY Actual -1.8% (Forecast -6%, Previous -10.9%) | |
| 16:33:52 | BoJ: We are to host a second workshop of long-term monetary policy review on May 21st. | |
| 16:33:51 | Japan's PM Kishida: We will handle the Forex policy in line with the G7 agreement. | |
| 16:33:51 | Japan's PM Kishida: We are watching FX market with sense of urgency. | |
| 16:33:51 | Japan's PM Kishida: Controlling currency is not an objective of the Bank of Japan's monetary policy. | |
| 16:33:50 | Japan's PM Kishida: Positive relations between Japan and North Korea are good for both countries and also regional security. | |
| 16:33:50 | Japan's PM Kishida: There has been no change that I am directly overseeing thee team exploring a potential summit with North Korea. | |
| 16:33:50 | Japan's PM Kishida: It's very important for Japan, the US, and the Philippines to cooperate for regional stability and economic prosperity. | |
| 16:33:50 | Japan's PM Kishida: We will use any means to respond to excessive Forex moves. | |
| 16:33:50 | Japan's PM Kishida: It's desirable for Forex to move stably reflecting the fundamentals, volatile movements are not favourable. | |
| 16:33:50 | Japan's PM Kishida: Cooperation between Japan, the US, and like-minded countries on military equipment and technology will lead to deterrence. | |
| 16:33:49 | Japan's PM Kishida: Excess FX volatility and disorderly FX movements could have an adverse effect on the economy and financial stability. | |
| 16:33:49 | Japan's PM Kishida: I will take appropriate action if there are excessive FX moves. | |
| 16:33:49 | Japan's PM Kishida: I won't rule out any options on Forex action. | |
| 16:33:46 | Japanese Leading Indicator Change Actual 2.3 (Forecast -, Previous -0.6) | |
Japan Economic Calendar
Economic calendar presents real-time updates for actual, forecasts and consensus values of economic indicators and updates related to the Japanese economy.
| Time | Imp | Event | Actual | Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:30 | Japanese CPI Overall Nationwide | - | 2.8% | 2.8% | |
| 02:30 | Japanese Core CPI Nationwide YoY | - | 2.7% | 2.8% |
Japan Financial Markets
MacroVar analytics monitors the following Japanese financial markets. MacroVar models monitor a vast of financial and macroeconomic factors affecting each financial market. Click on a specific financial market to get detailed analysis.
| Market | Symbol | Last | Mom | Trend | Exh | RSI | 1D% | 1W% | 1M% | 1Y% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikkei 225 | NIKKEI | 31949.9 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.67979 | 54.1896 | 0.01102 | 0.04405 | 0.04661 | 0.1647 |
| Japan ETF | EWJ | 59.97 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.08796 | 54.7272 | 0.01713 | 0.03165 | 0.03236 | 0.19964 |
| Japanese Yen US Dollar (JPY/USD) | JPYUSD | 150.47 | 1 | 1 | 1.62988 | 56.6515 | -0.00325 | 0.00047 | 0.0132 | 0.08011 |
| Japan 5-Year Bond Yield | JP.5Y | 0.199 | -1 | -0.25 | -0.09038 | 37.3671 | -0.0197 | -0.2008 | -0.24335 | -0.06132 |
| Japan 2-year bond yield | JP2Y | 0.043 | -1 | 0.25 | 0.65168 | 44.7052 | -0.10417 | -0.06522 | -0.04444 | 0.79167 |
| Japan Yield Curve | JP.YC | 0.772 | 0.5 | 1 | 2.0237 | 59.2358 | -0.02893 | -0.02771 | 0.04607 | 1.66207 |
Japan Macroeconomic Indicators
MacroVar analytics monitors the following Japan's economic indicators. Click on a specific macroeconomic indicator to get detailed analysis.
| Indicator | Symbol | Actual | Previous | M/M% | Y/Y% | Trend | Slope | Percentile | Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| balance of trade | jp.balanceoftrade | 366.47 | -377.8 | -197 | -148 | UP | UP | 32 | 2024-03-31 |
| bank lending rate | jp.banks.lendingrate | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0 | 8 | Down | UP | 69 | 2023-07-31 |
| business confidence | jp.bizconfidence | 11 | 12 | -8 | 120 | UP | UP | 93 | 2024-03-31 |
| capacity utilization | jp.caputilization | 98.1 | 98.6 | -1 | -9 | Down | Down | 14 | 2024-02-29 |
| capital flows | jp.capitalflows | 16626 | 18276 | -9 | -50 | Down | Down | 42 | 2024-02-29 |
| car registrations | jp.carregistrations | 268843 | 202640 | 33 | -19 | UP | Down | 14 | 2024-03-31 |
| central bank balance sheet | jp.cb.assets | 755678 | 760431 | -1 | 3 | UP | UP | 34 | 2024-03-31 |
| composite pmi | jp.comppmi | 51.7 | 50.6 | 2 | -2 | UP | Down | 37 | 2024-04-30 |
| consumer confidence | jp.consconfidence | 39.5 | 39 | 1 | 17 | UP | UP | 77 | 2024-03-31 |
| consumer price index cpi | jp.cpi | 106.9 | 106.9 | 0 | 2 | UP | UP | 68 | 2024-01-31 |
| core inflation rate | jp.coreinflationrate | 2.8 | 2 | 40 | -33 | Down | Down | 52 | 2024-01-31 |
| current account | jp.currentaccount | 2644.16 | 456.99 | 479 | 15 | UP | UP | 63 | 2024-02-29 |
| current account to gdp | jp.currentaccountgdp | 1.8 | 3.9 | -54 | -14 | Down | Down | 0 | 2023-01-31 |
| deposit interest rate | jp.depositrate | -0.1 | -0.125 | -20 | -50 | UP | UP | 2 | 2023-06-19 |
| exports | jp.exports | 9469.6 | 8249.2 | 15 | 7 | UP | UP | 58 | 2024-03-31 |
| external debt | jp.externaldebt | 632431 | 652333 | -3 | 28 | UP | UP | 59 | 2023-12-31 |
| foreign direct investment | jp.fdi | 15555.5 | 33890.1 | -54 | -10 | Down | Down | 40 | 2024-02-29 |
| foreign exchange reserves | jp.fxreserves | 1290610 | 1281480 | 1 | 3 | UP | UP | 59 | 2024-06-30 |
| gdp | jp.gdp | 4231.14 | 4940.88 | -14 | -26 | Down | Down | 0 | 2022-12-31 |
| Real GDP | jp.realgdp | 558510 | 557983 | 0 | 4 | UP | UP | 75 | 2024-03-31 |
| gdp growth | jp.gdpgrowth | 0.1 | -0.8 | -112 | -133 | Down | UP | 33 | 2024-03-31 |
| gdp growth annual | jp.gdpgrowthan | 1.2 | 1.6 | -25 | -300 | Down | UP | 22 | 2024-03-31 |
| gdp growth annualized | jp.gdpgrowthannu | 0.4 | -3.2 | -112 | -131 | Down | UP | 40 | 2024-03-31 |
| gold reserves | jp.goldres | 845.97 | 845.97 | 0 | 11 | UP | UP | 99 | 2021-06-30 |
| government budget | jp.govbudget | -5.9 | -9.3 | -37 | -27 | UP | UP | 0 | 2021-01-31 |
| Government budget | jp.govbudgetvalue | -43638 | -90303 | -52 | -55 | UP | UP | 15 | 2023-12-31 |
| government debt to gdp | jp.govdebtgdp | 263.9 | 262.5 | 1 | 27 | UP | UP | 0 | 2022-01-31 |
| housing index | jp.housingindex | 134.56 | 133.95 | 0 | 2 | Down | UP | 40 | 2023-12-31 |
| housing starts | jp.housingstarts | 59162 | 58849 | 1 | -19720800 | Down | UP | 2 | 2024-02-29 |
| imports | jp.imports | 9103.13 | 8626.98 | 6 | 5 | Down | UP | 53 | 2024-05-31 |
| industrial production | jp.indproduction | -3.9 | -1.49 | 162 | 361 | Down | Down | 93 | 2024-03-31 |
| industrial production mom | jp.indproductionmm | -0.6 | -6.7 | -91 | -155 | UP | Down | 38 | 2024-03-31 |
| inflation cpi | jp.inflationcpi | 2.8 | 2.2 | 27 | -15 | Down | Down | 0 | 2024-02-29 |
| interbank rate | jp.interbankrate | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | Down | Down | 58 | 2023-08-15 |
| interest rate | jp.interestrate | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0 | 0 | Down | Down | 51 | 2023-07-28 |
| loan growth | jp.loangrowth | 3.2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | UP | UP | 45 | 2024-03-31 |
| loans to private sector | jp.loanprivate | 539659 | 539894 | -0 | 3 | UP | UP | 62 | 2024-02-29 |
| machinery orders | jp.machineryorders | 7.7 | -1.7 | -553 | -271 | UP | UP | 22 | 2024-02-29 |
| Manufacturing PMI | jp.manpmi | 48.2 | 47.2 | 2 | 1 | Down | UP | 71 | 2024-02-29 |
| money supply m0 | jp.msm0 | 115506 | 116571 | -1 | -0 | Down | Down | 5 | 2024-02-29 |
| money supply m1 | jp.msm1 | 1083120 | 1085900 | -0 | 4 | UP | UP | 12 | 2024-02-29 |
| money supply m2 | jp.msm2 | 1238940 | 1243110 | -0 | 2 | UP | UP | 13 | 2024-02-29 |
| money supply m3 | jp.msm3 | 1603940 | 1601790 | 0 | 2 | UP | UP | 22 | 2024-02-29 |
| non manufacturing pmi | jp.nonmanpmi | 34 | 30 | 13 | -3500 | UP | UP | 2 | 2024-03-31 |
| Producer Price Index | jp.producerprices | 120.7 | 120.4 | 0 | 3 | UP | UP | 51 | 2023-10-31 |
| PPI Index | jp.producerpricesch | 0.8 | 0.7 | 14 | -90 | Down | Down | 50 | 2024-02-29 |
| retail sales MoM | jp.retailsales | 1.5 | 0.2 | 650 | -29 | UP | Down | 68 | 2024-02-29 |
| retail sales | jp.retailsalesan | 4.6 | 2.1 | 119 | -37 | Down | Down | 56 | 2024-02-29 |
| services pmi | jp.servpmi | 54.1 | 52.9 | 2 | -2 | UP | Down | 38 | 2024-04-30 |
| unemployment rate | jp.unemploymentrate | 2.6 | 2.4 | 8 | 4 | UP | UP | 100 | 2031-08-31 |
| youth unemployment rate | jp.ytunemploymentrate | 4.1 | 3.4 | 21 | -16 | Down | Down | 22 | 2023-11-30 |
| Long Term Unemployment Rate | jp.ltunemploymentrate | 1.3 | 1.7 | -24 | 0 | Down | Down | 0 | 2014-01-01 |
| Bank of Japan Total Assets for Japan | jp.cbassets | 7604310 | 7564340 | 1 | 3 | UP | UP | 33 | 2024-02-01 |
| 3-Month London Interbank Offered Rate | jp.libor | ||||||||
| Tankan Small firms manufacturing index | jp.tankan.small.man | -2 | -4 | -50 | -78 | UP | UP | 65 | 2022-12-31 |
| Tankan Small firms non-manufacturing index | jp.tankan.small.nonman | 6 | 2 | 200 | -14 | UP | Down | 59 | 2022-12-31 |
| Tankan Large firms manufacturing index | jp.tankan.large.man | 7 | 8 | -12 | 40 | UP | UP | 78 | 2022-12-31 |
| Tankan Large firms non manufacturing index | jp.tankan.large.nonman | 19 | 14 | 36 | -5 | UP | Down | 61 | 2022-12-31 |
| Japan Machine Tool Orders | jp.machineryorders | 133913 | 114760 | 17 | -11 | UP | Down | 51 | 2023-09-30 |