Thursday, January 26, 2012

Japan’s Finance Ministry Cuts View on Regional Economies - Bloomberg

Japan’s Finance Ministry lowered its evaluation of the country’s regional economies for the first time in nine months as the yen’s advance to a postwar high against the dollar weighed on growth.

The economies “are in a severe state, though they are improving at a moderate pace,” the ministry said in a quarterly report released today in Tokyo. It downgraded its assessment for five of 11 areas it tracks including Tokai, home of Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) It maintained its view in five and became more optimistic in its evaluation of Okinawa, the nation’s southernmost island.

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