Country Report:

40 Duke Street anti-dumping Bank boost buoyant capital investment companies consumption tax continued countries current account surplus decline deficit despite disputes dollar domestic demand economic relations Economist Intelligence Unit emperor emperor's illness equipment investment Europe European Trends external demand FINANCE fiscal FOREIGN TRADE Gatt GNP growth growth in real housing investment imports increase indicate Indonesia inflation insider trading Intelligence Unit Limited interest rates issue Japan Japanese land prices liberalisation machinery orders money supply October overseas aid overvalued plant and equipment political postal savings system Price including postage profits quarter of 1988 real GNP real wages Recruit Cosmos Report Rest of World restructuring rice seasonally adjusted second quarter sector September shares short term South Africa South Korea tax reform technologies Tokyo TRADE AND PAYMENTS trade surplus yen appreciation