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How the Rapid Growth of Non-Regular Employees Will Impact the Next Round of Employment Adjustment

We predict the next round of employment adjustment will largely bypass regular employees a...
(25/03/2009)

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Taro Saito

Taro Saito
Economic Research Department

On the Financial Situation of Elderly Households-A Structural Analysis of Income, Expenditure, and Wealth

Knowing the exact financial situation of elderly households is essential to the current de...
(17/03/2009)

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Tatsuya Ishikawa

Prospects for Recovery of the Real Estate Investment Market

The turmoil in world financial markets has impacted J-REITs and private funds in Japan...
(04/02/2009)

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Toru Matsumura

The Growing Risk of an Extended Recession-Short-term Economic Forecast (FY 2008-2010)

We believe that Japan’s economy peaked out in late 2007 and entered a downturn. Real ...
(27/01/2009)

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Taro Saito

Taro Saito
Economic Research Department

The U.S. Housing Market Collapse and Adjustment of Household Balance Sheets-Medium-term Economic Forecast

Amid the global economic turmoil triggered by the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, we predic...
(11/12/2008)

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Koichi Haji

Economy Struggles with Rising Raw Material Prices-Short-Term Economic Forecast (FY 2008-2009)

Real GDP in Q1 (Jan-Mar) 2008 surged an impressive 4.0% (annualized) from the previous quar...
(03/07/2008)

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Taro Saito

Taro Saito
Economic Research Department

Building Code Revision Intensifies Downside Risk to the Economy - Short-term Economic Forecast(FY 2007~2008)

The real economy expanded at a 1.5% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2007, following n...
(29/01/2008)

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Taro Saito

Taro Saito
Economic Research Department

Subprime Mortgage Crisis Casts a Global Shadow-Medium-term Economic Forecast (FY 2007~2017)

The U.S. subprime mortgage crisis has roiled global financial markets and will continue to ...
(28/12/2007)

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Koichi Haji

New Outlook is Needed to Ease Pension Anxiety

Ahead of the 2009 financial verification of the public pension system, the outlook for pens...
(13/11/2007)

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the Economic Research Dept.

Structural Changes in Saving and Income of Elderly Households

Despite the decrease in average pension benefits since the late 1990s, more elderly househ...
(02/11/2007)

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Tatsuya Ishikawa