Economic Report @ 9:00 9/6/2014
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Japan's Q1 GDP revised sharply higher
Japan's economic growth was revised sharply higher in the first quarter, data on Monday showed, boosting expectations that the economy is in better shape to weather a rise in the country's consumption tax.
Japan's economy grew 1.6 percent in the January-March period from the previous quarter, revised up from a preliminary 1.5 percent expansion due to faster growth in capital expenditure.
That translated into annualized growth of 6.7 percent, up from an initial reading of a 5.9 percent rise and well above market expectations for a 5.6 percent rise.
"The real surprise in first-quarter numbers is the strength of capex (capital expenditure)," said HSBC Japan Economist Izumi Devalier.
"We knew that consumption was going to be very strong going into the tax hike but what's really encouraging for stock markets is the fact that businesses are becoming more enthusiastic about investing domestically," she added.
Japan raised its consumption tax to 8 percent from 5 percent on April 1 and a spending spree before that tax hike boosted economic activity.
"We are expecting quite a sharp pullback this quarter, close to about 5 percent given how strong the first-quarter numbers were," Devalier said.
"But I think the good news is that April and May indicators don't show as big a plunge as expected. I think it's still too early to tell how strong the rebound will be in the third quarter, but I think Japan will be able to avert the long-contraction that hit the economy in 1997," she added, referring to the last time Japan hiked its sales tax.
Separate data released on Monday, showed Japan's current account surplus stood at 187.4 billion yen ($1.83 billion) in April against a median forecast in a Reuters poll for a 322.5 billion yen surplus. It was the third consecutive month of surpluses.
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