Country: JP | Published: 2026-09-16
Japan logged a fourth straight monthly trade deficit in August, with oil-driven import costs rising while exports stayed firm. Attention now turns to the Bank of Japan, widely expe
Japan logged a fourth straight monthly trade deficit in August, with oil-driven import costs rising while exports stayed firm. Attention now turns to the Bank of Japan, widely expected to lift rates to their highest level in over three decades as inflation risks persist. Demographics add a longer-term backdrop, with the centenarian population topping 100,000 for the first time.