Country Report:

April Asia Pacific average banks bn yen Business cabinet capital investment cars cent construction consumption continued corporate Country Reports current account surplus decline despite Diet domestic demand ECONOMIC POLICY Economist Intelligence Unit election Europe/Middle East/Africa expenditure exports external sector finance firms fiscal forecast foreign growth rate Gulf Gulf Cooperation Council Ichiro Ozawa import growth increase industry inflation interest rates International Japan Japan Country Japanese Japanese companies Kaifu Kiichi Miyazawa Komeito labour shortage land prices loans lower machinery orders major manufacturing Ministry Miti monetary policy money supply officials oil prices overseas percentage points prime minister production prospects public investment Qtr 3 Qtr quarter of 1991 quarterly Ryutaro Hashimoto scandal SDPJ seasonally adjusted securities houses share shunto slowdown South Korea Soviet Union Takeshita faction Tokyo Toshiki Kaifu trade surplus trends wage