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to go above 30,000. japan has just released growth figures. asias second—biggest economy grew 1.6% on annualised rate, much better than what had been predicted. i spoke to neil newman from macquarie capital. we have been closely watching wage growth, the wage number, which hasnt really filtered through into anything visible as yet. the gdp number certainly does indicate there is a large amount of the domestic economy now contributing to this. as you mentioned cap ex, business spendin...

second—biggest economy grew 1.6% on annualised rate, much better than what had been predicting, thanks to private consumption and an unexpected rise in capital expenditure. lets bring in neil newman from the quarry capital who joins us live from tokyo. thank you for joining us. the data has come out a lot stronger than expected, talk us through whats been doing quite well. this is a very big and positive surprise. we have been closely watching wage growth, the wage number, which hasn...

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and our political correspondent jack fenwick. another busy day of campaigning, what stood out for you today? theres quite a bit to choose from. it certainly has been another busy day. once again, a theme weve seen so far in this election is that the economy is really front and centre. weve heard in the last few minutes how labour have had this letter signed by various business leaders saying they think labour is the way to go in the selection, weve heard rachel reeves has been out talk...

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Crossover point, the things that japan makes and sells overseas actually exceeded the amount of things they made and sold class exports domestically. at that point, around 2016, japan basically offshore do. now when we look at the overall numbers for gdp, its a bit vague exactly how welljapanese companies are doing. it always comes in on the low side of reality because these are not tracked particularly well. 0verall japanese companies are doing extremely well. the earning season we have just co...

Number we have been looking at, the last numbers were in march, they were not that impressive, in fact they were quite depressing. the next key one will be injune, aprils numbers, and thats when we will start to see the increase in overall wages. of course its notjust the wage number that contributes to all of this, its the broad household income pay, which includes white—collar salaries as well as blue—collar wages. talking about a lost two decades, three decades almost, does that meanjapan...

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