Economic Reports

Mizuho Economic Outlook & Analysis

Mizuho Economic Outlook & Analysis provides Outlooks on the Japanese economy every quarter and in-depth analyses on economic issues on a timely basis.

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Feb 18, 2019: FY2018, FY2019, FY2020 Economic Outlook -The global economy is headed for a slowdown in 2020, and uncertainties remain high- [Summary] (February 15, 2019)(PDF/131KB)
Feb 6, 2019: Impact of trade friction on capital investment -Uncertainty restrains capital investment growth by around 1%Pt- (December 14, 2018)(PDF/303KB)
Feb 6, 2019: Japan's trade policy challenges in 2019 -The focus of attention is on mega FTAs, WTO reform, and the Japan-US trade talks- (December 21, 2018)(PDF/705KB)
Jan 24, 2019: Effects and challenges of measures to deal with the consumption tax hike -Economic impact of spending stimulus measures totaling roughly 150 billion yen- (November 30, 2018)(PDF/139KB)
Dec 21, 2018: Asia's Debt Risks -The risk of financial crises is limited, but attention should be paid to slowing domestic demand- (November 15, 2018)(PDF/160KB)

MHRI Brief

MHRI Brief is a short report on the Japanese/global economies and financial markets.

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Jan 23, 2019: The Japanese economy: topic of the month -The impact of trade frictions upon capital investment- (January 21, 2019)(PDF/160KB)
Dec 26, 2018: 2019 Economic Outlook -The greatest risk to the global economy in 2019 - a return to 2016?- (January 1, 2019)(PDF/201KB)
Dec 26, 2018: The Japanese economy: topic of the month -Do not overrate the economic impact of events surrounding Japan's transition into a new era accompanying the Imperial accession- (December 26, 2018)(PDF/188KB)
Nov 19, 2018: The Japanese economy: topic of the month -Forecast on private-sector bonus payments in the winter of 2018- (November 16, 2018)(PDF/233KB)
Oct 18, 2018: The Japanese economy: topic of the month -An examination of fixed investment forecasts in the BOJ Tankan- (October 15, 2018)(PDF/242KB)

Market Insight

Market Insight provides insightful viewpoints of our chief economist on the Japanese and global financial markets.

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Feb 15, 2019: A strong dollar in 2017, a tug-of-war in 2018 and a weakdollar in 2019 (February 7, 2019)(PDF/258KB)
Jan 28, 2019: Have global yields re-entered a downward phase? (January 18, 2019)(PDF/266KB)
Jan 28, 2019: The 'Three inconvenient discontinuities' for Kuroda 2.0 look like becoming a reality (January 11, 2019)(PDF/123KB)
Jan 23, 2019: Risk of sharp appreciation of the yen ← contraction in US-Japan interest rate spread + trade concerns (January 10, 2019)(PDF/307KB)
Jan 16, 2019: The side effects of ultra-accommodative monetary policy are financial institution revenues, household burdens and overheated real estate (December 17, 2018)(PDF/147KB)

Monthly Economic Report

Fixed-point analysis of the Japanese economy and financial markets on a monthly basis.

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Feb 4, 2019: Monthly Economic Report: January 15, 2019(PDF/881KB)
Jan 22, 2019: Monthly Economic Report: December 20, 2018(PDF/831KB)
Dec 7, 2018: Monthly Economic Report: November 19, 2018(PDF/1.02MB)
Nov 5, 2018: Monthly Economic Report: October 18, 2018(PDF/1.07MB)

Mizuho Research Paper

In-depth analysis on economy and finance of Japan and Asia.

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Jul 25, 2014: Mizuho Research Paper [34] July, 2014(Progress of Economic Integration in the ASEAN and Countermeasures taken by Japanese Corporate Enterprises)(PDF/1.04MB)