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Japan's Economy Declines while Overseas Sales Are Hit by American Trade Duties
The Japanese economic system has shown a drop for the initial time in a year and a half, largely caused by weakening overseas shipments because of newly imposed US trade duties.
G7 Economic Leaderboard
The Japanese economy stands as the initial G7 economy to disclose an GDP decline in the latest quarter.
As the US still needing to publish its gross domestic product data for the third quarter, the present Group of Seven growth rankings indicate:
- France: 0.5 percent expansion
- UK: +0.1%
- Canadian economy: +0.1% (preliminary figure)
- Germany: 0%
- Italian economy: 0%
- Japan: -0.4%
Travel Stocks Decline during Diplomatic Dispute with China
Alongside the economic contraction, Japan is dealing with an intensifying diplomatic tension with China regarding Taiwan.
Shares in Japanese travel and consumer businesses have dropped sharply after China advised its citizens to refrain from traveling to Japan.
This action by Beijing heightened a diplomatic feud that was triggered by remarks from Tokyo's recently appointed prime minister about the possibility of deploying forces in the event of a potential Chinese invasion on Taiwan.
The development led to a surge of sell-offs across Japanese leisure stocks.
- The Tokyo Disneyland operator shares dropped by 5.7 percent
- The department store chain plummeted by 11.3 percent
- The national carrier fell by 3.75%
"The ongoing dispute over Taiwan and Beijing's travel warning advising against visits to Japan introduces short-term challenges for consumer-facing sectors.
"Chinese visitors represent roughly 25% of Japan's international visitors, making department stores, luxury retail, and tourism services particularly vulnerable."
Economic Contraction Breakdown
Japanese GDP dropped by 0.4% in the third quarter, as manufacturers' overseas shipments were affected by duties levied by the United States recently.
Overseas shipments were a primary factor of the contraction, falling by 1.2 percent compared with the previous quarter, and were 4.5 percent lower than a the same period last year.
Previously, the American government had proposed Japan with a additional 25% tariff on its products, which was later reduced to 15% when the two countries reached a trade deal.
Consumer spending also declined, by 0.3% compared to the previous quarter.
On an annual basis, Japan's real gross domestic product shrank by 1.8 percent in the three months through September.
"Japan's economy was strong in the first half of this year and the latest GDP data showed that momentum is paused temporarily.
I anticipate Japan's economy to be returning on a moderate recovery trend going forward."
The US administration has lately recognized the effect of tariffs on US consumers, lowering tariffs on imported food products including beef, produce, coffee and bananas amid increasing concerns about rising costs.
Economic Calendar
- 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time: Switzerland GDP report for Q3
- 3pm GMT: US construction spending data for August
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