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Chart V-3C provides nonfarm payroll manufacturing jobs in the United States from Jan 2007 to Jan 2020. Nonfarm payroll manufacturing jobs fell from 13.987 million in Jun 2007 to 12.773 million in Jan 2020, or 1.214 million.

Chart V-3C, United States, Payroll Manufacturing Jobs, NSA, Jan 2007 to Jan 2020, Thousands

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/Current/default.htm

Chart V-3D provides the index of US manufacturing (NAICS) from Jan 1972 to Jan 2020. The index continued increasing during the decline of manufacturing jobs after the early 1980s. There are likely effects of changes in the composition of manufacturing with also changes in productivity and trade.

Chart V-3D, United States Manufacturing (NAICS) NSA, Jan 1972 to Jan 2020

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Chart V-3E provides the US noninstitutional civilian population, or those in condition of working, from Jan 1948, when first available, to Jan 2020. The noninstitutional civilian population increased from 170.042 million in Jun 1981 to 259.502 million in Jan 2020, or 89.460 million.

Chart V-3E, United States, Civilian Noninstitutional Population, Million, NSA, Jan 1948 to Jan 2020

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Chart V-3F provides manufacturing jobs in the United States from Jan 1939 to Jan 2020. Nonfarm payroll manufacturing jobs decreased from a peak of 18.890 million in Jun 1981 to 12.773 million in Jan 2020.

Chart V-3C, United States, Payroll Manufacturing Jobs, NSA, Jan 1939 to Jan 2020, Thousands

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

Table V-3, Percentage Changes of GDP Quarter on Prior Quarter and on Same Quarter Year Earlier, ∆%

There is global stress in manufacturing. Table V-3B provides month and 12-month percentage changes of new orders in manufacturing and output of manufacturing in Germany.

Table V-3B, Germany, Manufacturing Orders and Manufacturing Output, ∆% Month and 12 Months

	MFG New Orders Month ∆%	MFG New Orders 12 Months ∆%	MFG Output Month ∆%	MFG Output 12 Month ∆%
Dec 2019	0.5	-6.9	-1.2	-5.8
Nov	-1.3	-8.6	-0.7	-7.3
Oct	-1.5	-5.5	-1.6	-5.9
Sep	1.6	-2.2	0.3	-1.7
Aug	-2.5	-9.3	-1.2	-7.6
Jul	-1.3	-2.2	1.1	-1.1
Jun	3.9	-10.8	-1.3	-14.6
May	-3.2	-3.8	-0.7	1.0
Apr	1.2	-5.2	-0.3	-4.3
Mar	-0.1	-7.0	-2.2	-3.9
Feb	-2.9	-7.1	1.4	-0.2
Jan	-2.3	-3.6	-0.7	-3.8
Dec 2018	1.7	-8.2	0.8	-6.7
Dec 2017	4.0	3.9	0.3	3.7
Dec 2016	6.4	11.2	-0.3	2.0

Source: Federal Statistical Agency of Germany, https://www.destatis.de/EN/Home/_node.html

Table V-3 provides the latest available estimates of GDP for the regions and countries followed in this blog from IQ2012 to IVQ2018 available now for all countries. There are estimates for all countries for IQ2019 and preliminary estimates for IIQ2019 for most countries. There are preliminary estimates for most countries for IIIQ2019 and some for IVQ2019. Growth is weak throughout most of the world.

J apan. The GDP of Japan increased 1.2 percent in IQ2012, 4.9 percent at SAAR (seasonally adjusted annual rate) and 3.1 percent relative to a year earlier but part of the jump could be the low level a year earlier because of the Tōhoku or Great East Earthquake and Tsunami of Mar 11, 2011. Japan is experiencing difficulties with the overvalued yen because of worldwide capital flight originating in zero interest rates with risk aversion in an environment of softer growth of world trade. Japan’s GDP fell 0.7 percent in IIQ2012 at the seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of minus 2.8 percent, which is much lower than 4.9 percent in IQ2012. Growth of 2.9 percent in IIQ2012 in Japan relative to IIQ2011 has effects of the low level of output because of Tōhoku or Great East Earthquake and Tsunami of Mar 11, 2011. Japan’s GDP contracted 0.4 percent in IIIQ2012 at the SAAR of minus 1.5 percent and decreased 0.1 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 0.2 percent in IVQ2012 at the SAAR of 1.0 percent and increased 0.3 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan grew 1.2 percent in IQ2013 at the SAAR of 5.0 percent and increased 0.4 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 0.8 percent in IIQ2013 at the SAAR of 3.2 percent and increased 1.9 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP grew 0.8 percent in IIIQ2013 at the SAAR of 3.4 percent and increased 3.0 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2013, Japan’s GDP changed 0.0 percent at the SAAR of minus 0.2 percent, increasing 2.7 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 1.0 percent in IQ2014 at the SAAR of 4.1 percent and increased 3.0 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2014, Japan’s GDP fell 1.9 percent at the SAAR of minus 7.4 percent and fell 0.1 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 0.1 percent in IIIQ2014 at the SAAR of 0.3 percent and fell 0.9 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2014, Japan’s GDP grew 0.5 percent, at the SAAR of 2.0 percent, decreasing 0.5 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Japan increased 1.4 percent in IQ2015 at the SAAR of 5.6 percent and increased 0.0 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 0.1 percent in IIQ2015 at the SAAR of 0.5 percent and increased 2.2 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Japan decreased 0.1 percent in IIIQ2015 at the SAAR of minus 0.3 percent and increased 1.9 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP contracted 0.4 percent in IVQ2015 at the SAAR of minus 1.5 percent and grew 0.9 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2016, the GDP of Japan increased 0.5 percent at the SAAR of 2.1 percent and increased 0.2 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 0.1 percent in IIQ2016 at the SAAR of 0.6 percent and increased 0.2 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2016, the GDP of Japan increased 0.2 percent at the SAAR of 0.9 percent and increased 0.5 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 0.3 percent in IVQ2016 at the SAAR of 1.1 percent and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2017, the GDP of Japan increased 1.2 percent at the SAAR of 4.8 percent and increased 1.8 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 0.4 percent in IIQ2017 at the SAAR of 1.4 percent and increased 2.0 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2017, the GDP of Japan increased 0.6 percent at the SAAR of 2.3 percent and increased 2.4 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 0.4 percent in IVQ2017, at the SAAR of 1.6 percent, and increased 2.5 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2018, the GDP of Japan decreased 0.4 percent, at the SAAR of minus 1.6 percent and increased 0.9 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 0.5 percent in IIQ2018, at the SAAR of 1.8 percent and increased 1.0 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2018, the GDP of Japan contracted 0.8 percent at the SAAR of minus 3.2 percent and decreased 0.3 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 0.5 percent in IVQ2018, at the SAAR of 2.1 percent and decreased 0.3 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2019, the GDP of Japan increased 0.6 percent at the SAAR of 2.6 percent and grew 0.8 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 0.5 percent in IIQ2019, at the SAAR of 1.9 percent and increased 0.9 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2019, the GDP of Japan increased 0.1 percent at the SAAR of 0.5 percent and increased 1.7 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP decreased 1.6 percent in IVQ2019, at the SAAR of minus 6.3 percent and decreased 0.4 percent relative to a year earlier.
China. China’s GDP grew 1.9 percent in IQ2012, annualizing to 7.8 percent, and 8.1 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China grew at 2.1 percent in IIQ2012, which annualizes to 8.7 percent, and 7.6 percent relative to a year earlier. China grew at 1.8 percent in IIIQ2012, which annualizes at 7.4 percent, and 7.5 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2012, China grew at 2.0 percent, which annualizes at 8.2 percent, and 8.1 percent in IVQ2012 relative to IVQ2011. In IQ2013, China grew at 1.9 percent, which annualizes at 7.8 percent, and 7.9 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2013, China grew at 1.8 percent, which annualizes at 7.4 percent, and 7.6 percent relative to a year earlier. China grew at 2.1 percent in IIIQ2013, which annualizes at 8.7 percent, and increased 7.9 percent relative to a year earlier. China grew at 1.6 percent in IVQ2013, which annualized to 6.6 percent, and 7.7 percent relative to a year earlier. China’s GDP grew 1.8 percent in IQ2014, which annualizes to 7.4 percent, and 7.5 percent relative to a year earlier. China’s GDP grew 1.8 percent in IIQ2014, which annualizes at 7.4 percent, and 7.6 percent relative to a year earlier. China’s GDP grew 1.8 percent in IIIQ2014, which is equivalent to 7.4 percent in a year, and 7.2 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China grew 1.7 percent in IVQ2014, which annualizes at 7.0 percent, and 7.3 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China grew at 1.8 percent in IQ2015, which annualizes at 7.4 percent, and 7.1 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China grew 1.8 percent in IIQ2015, which annualizes at 7.4 percent, and increased 7.1 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2015, China’s GDP grew at 1.7 percent, which annualizes at 7.0 percent, and increased 7.0 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China grew at 1.6 percent in IVQ2015, which annualizes at 6.6 percent, and increased 6.9 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China grew 1.5 percent in IQ2016, which annualizes at 6.1 percent, and increased 6.9 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2016, the GDP of China increased 1.9 percent, which annualizes to 7.8 percent, and increased 6.8 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China increased at 1.7 percent in IIIQ2016, which annualizes at 7.0 percent, and increased 6.8 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China increased at 1.6 percent in IVQ2016, which annualizes at 6.6 percent, and increased 6.9 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China increased at 1.6 percent in IQ2017, which annualizes at 6.6 percent and increased 7.0 percent relative to a year earlier. China’s GDP increased at 1.8 percent in IIQ2017, which annualizes at 7.4 percent, and increased 7.0 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China increased 1.7 percent in IIIQ2017, which annualizes at 7.0 percent, and increased 6.9 percent relative to a year earlier. China’s GDP increased at 1.6 percent in IVQ2017, which annualizes at 6.6 percent, and increased 6.8 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China grew at 1.5 percent in IQ2018, which annualizes to 6.1 percent, and increased 6.9 percent relative to a year earlier. China’s GDP increased at 1.8 percent in IIQ2018, which annualizes at 7.4 percent, and increased 6.9 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China grew at 1.6 percent in IIIQ2018, which annualizes to 6.6 percent, and increased 6.7 percent relative to a year earlier. China’s GDP increased 1.5 percent in IVQ2018, which annualized at 6.1 percent, and increased 6.5 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China grew at 1.5 percent in IQ2019, which annualizes at 6.1 percent and increased 6.4 percent relative to a year earlier. China’s GDP increased 1.4 percent in IIQ2019, which annualized at 5.7 percent, and increased 6.2 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of China grew at 1.6 percent in IIIQ2019, which annualizes at 6.6 percent and increased 6.0 percent relative to a year earlier. China’s GDP grew 1.4 percent in IVQ2019, which annualizes at 5.7 percent, and grew 6.0 percent relative to a year earlier. There was decennial change in leadership in China (http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/special/18cpcnc/index.htm). Xi Jinping initiated a second term of leadership in Oct 2017 (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/25/c_136705344.htm). Growth rates of GDP of China in a quarter relative to the same quarter a year earlier have been declining from 2011 to 2019.
Euro Area. GDP fell 0.2 percent in the euro area in IQ2012 and decreased 0.5 in IQ2012 relative to a year earlier. Euro area GDP contracted 0.3 percent IIQ2012 and fell 0.8 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2012, euro area GDP fell 0.1 percent and declined 1.0 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2012, euro area GDP fell 0.4 percent relative to the prior quarter and fell 1.1 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2013, the GDP of the euro area fell 0.4 percent and decreased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of the euro area increased 0.5 percent in IIQ2013 and fell 0.4 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2013, euro area GDP increased 0.3 percent and changed 0.0 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of the euro area increased 0.2 percent in IVQ2013 and increased 0.7 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2014, the GDP of the euro area increased 0.5 percent and increased 1.6 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of the euro area increased 0.2 percent in IIQ2014 and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. The euro area’s GDP increased 0.5 percent in IIIQ2014 and increased 1.4 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of the euro area increased 0.4 percent in IVQ2014 and increased 1.6 percent relative to a year earlier. Euro area GDP increased 0.7 percent in IQ2015 and increased 1.8 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of the euro area increased 0.4 percent in IIQ2015 and increased 2.1 percent relative to a year earlier. The euro area’s GDP increased 0.5 percent in IIIQ2015 and increased 2.0 percent relative to a year earlier. Euro area GDP increased 0.4 percent in IVQ2015 and increased 2.0 percent relative to a year earlier. Euro area’s GDP increased 0.6 percent in IQ2016 and increased 1.9 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of the euro area increased 0.3 percent in IIQ2016 and increased 1.8 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2016, the GDP of the euro area increased 0.5 percent and increased 1.8 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of the euro area increased 0.8 percent in IVQ2016 and increased 2.1 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2017, euro area GDP increased 0.6 percent and increased 2.2 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of the euro area increased 0.7 percent in IIQ2017 and increased 2.6 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2017, the GDP of the euro area increased 0.8 percent and grew 2.9 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of the euro area grew 0.8 percent in IVQ2017 and increased 3.0 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2018, the GDP of the euro area increased 0.3 percent and grew 2.6 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of the euro area grew 0.3 percent in IIQ2018 and increased 2.2 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2018, the GDP of the euro area increased 0.2 percent and increased 1.6 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of the euro area increased 0.3 percent in IVQ2018 and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2019, the GDP of the euro area increased 0.4 percent and increased 1.4 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of the euro area increased 0.2 percent in IIQ2019 and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2019, the GDP of the euro area increased 0.2 percent and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier.
Germany. The GDP of Germany increased 0.2 percent in IQ2012 and increased 1.5 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2012, Germany’s GDP increased 0.2 percent and increased 0.4 percent relative to a year earlier but 0.9 percent relative to a year earlier when adjusted for calendar effects (CA). In IIIQ2012, Germany’s GDP increased 0.3 percent and decreased 0.1 percent relative to a year earlier. Germany’s GDP contracted 0.4 percent in IVQ2012 and decreased 0.1 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2013, Germany’s GDP decreased 0.5 percent and fell 1.5 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2013, Germany’s GDP increased 1.1 percent and grew 0.8 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Germany increased 0.5 percent in IIIQ2013 and grew 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2013, Germany’s GDP increased 0.3 percent and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Germany increased 1.0 percent in IQ2014 and grew 3.2 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2014, Germany’s GDP changed 0.0 percent and increased 1.4 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Germany increased 0.5 percent in IIIQ2014 and increased 1.8 percent relative to a year earlier. Germany’s GDP increased 0.9 percent in IVQ2014 and increased 2.4 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Germany decreased 0.2 percent in IQ2015 and increased 1.3 percent relative to a year earlier. Germany’s GDP increased 0.6 percent in IIQ2015 and grew 1.8 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Germany increased 0.5 percent in IIIQ2015 and grew 1.8 percent relative to a year earlier. Germany’s GDP increased 0.4 percent in IVQ2015 and grew 2.1 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2016, the GDP of Germany increased 0.8 percent and grew 2.0 percent relative to a year earlier. Germany’s GDP increased 0.6 percent in IIQ2016 and increased 3.7 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2016, the GDP of Germany increased 0.2 percent and grew 1.9 percent relative to a year earlier. Germany’s GDP increased 0.4 percent in IVQ2016 and grew 1.4 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2017, the GDP of Germany increased 1.2 percent and grew 3.6 percent relative to a year earlier. Germany’s GDP increased 0.6 percent in IIQ2017 and grew 1.0 percent relative to a year earlier and 2.3 percent relative to a year earlier adjusting for calendar effects (CA). In IIIQ2017, the GDP of Germany increased 0.9 percent and increased 2.5 percent relative to a year earlier and 3.0 percent relative to a year earlier (CA). Germany’s GDP increased 0.7 percent in IVQ2017, 2.8 percent relative to a year earlier and 3.4 percent relative to a year earlier (CA). The GDP of Germany increased 0.1 percent in IQ2018 and grew 1.6 percent relative to a year earlier and 2.3 percent relative to a year earlier (CA). Germany’s GDP increased 0.4 percent in IIQ2018, 2.5 percent relative to a year earlier and 2.1 relative to a year earlier (CA). The GDP of Germany decreased 0.1 percent in IIIQ2018, increasing 1.1 percent relative to a year earlier and 1.1 percent relative to a year earlier (CA). Germany’s GDP changed 0.2 percent in IVQ2018, increasing 0.9 percent relative to a year earlier and 0.6 relative to a year earlier (CA). The GDP of Germany increased 0.5 percent in IQ2019, increasing 0.9 percent relative to a year earlier and increasing 1.0 percent relative to a year earlier (CA). Germany’s GDP contracted 0.2 percent in IIQ2019, decreased 0.1 percent relative to a year earlier and increased 0.3 relative to a year earlier (CA). The GDP of Germany increased 0.1 percent in IIIQ2019, increasing 1.0 percent relative to a year earlier and increasing 0.5 percent relative to a year earlier (CA).
United States. Growth of US GDP in IQ2012 was 0.8 percent, at SAAR of 3.2 percent and higher by 2.7 percent relative to IQ2011. US GDP increased 0.4 percent in IIQ2012, 1.7 percent at SAAR and 2.4 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2012, US GDP grew 0.1 percent, 0.5 percent at SAAR and 2.5 percent relative to IIIQ2011. In IVQ2012, US GDP grew 0.1 percent, 0.5 percent at SAAR and 1.5 percent relative to IVQ2011. In IQ2013, US GDP grew at 3.6 percent SAAR, 0.9 percent relative to the prior quarter and 1.6 percent relative to the same quarter in 2012. In IIQ2013, US GDP grew at 0.5 percent in SAAR, 0.1 percent relative to the prior quarter and 1.3 percent relative to IIQ2012. US GDP grew at 3.2 percent in SAAR in IIIQ2013, 0.8 percent relative to the prior quarter and 1.9 percent relative to the same quarter a year earlier (https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/decreasing-valuations-of-risk-financial.html and earlier https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/fluctuating-valuations-of-risk.html). In IVQ2013, US GDP grew 0.8 percent at 3.2 percent SAAR and 2.6 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2014, US GDP decreased 0.3 percent, increased 1.4 percent relative to a year earlier and fell 1.1 percent at SAAR. In IIQ2014, US GDP increased 1.4 percent at 5.5 percent SAAR and increased 2.7 percent relative to a year earlier. US GDP increased 1.2 percent in IIIQ2014 at 5.0 percent SAAR and increased 3.1 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2014, US GDP increased 0.6 percent at SAAR of 2.3 percent and increased 2.9 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.8 percent in IQ2015 at SAAR of 3.2 percent and grew 4.0 percent relative to a year earlier. US GDP grew at SAAR of 3.0 percent in IIQ2015, increasing 0.7 percent in the quarter and 3.4 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.3 percent in IIIQ2015 at SAAR of 1.3 percent and grew 2.4 percent in IIIQ2015 relative to a year earlier. US GDP grew at SAAR of 0.1 percent in IVQ2015, increasing 0.0 percent in the quarter and 1.9 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2016, US GDP grew 0.5 percent at SAAR of 2.0 percent and increased 1.6 percent relative to a year earlier. US GDP grew at SAAR of 1.9 percent in IIQ2016, increasing 0.5 percent in the quarter and 1.3 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2016, US GDP grew 0.5 percent at SAAR of 2.2 percent and increased 1.6 percent relative to a year earlier. US GDP grew at SAAR of 2.0 percent in IVQ2016, increasing 0.5 percent in the quarter, and increasing 2.0 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2017, US GDP grew 0.6 percent at SAAR of 2.3 percent and increased 2.1 percent relative to a year earlier. US GDP grew at SAAR of 2.2 percent in IIQ2017, increasing 0.5 percent in the quarter, and increasing 2.2 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2017, US GDP grew 0.8 percent at SAAR of 3.2 percent and increased 2.4 percent relative to a year earlier. US GDP grew at SAAR of 3.5 percent in IVQ2017, increasing 0.9 percent in the quarter, and increasing 2.8 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2018, US GDP grew at SAAR of 2.5 percent, increasing 0.6 percent in the quarter, and increasing 2.9 percent relative to a year earlier. US GDP grew at SAAR of 3.5 percent in IIQ2018, increasing 0.9 percent in the quarter, and increasing 3.2 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2018, US GDP grew at SAAR of 2.9 percent, increasing 0.7 percent in the quarter, and increasing 3.1 percent relative to a year earlier. US GDP grew at SAAR of 1.1 percent in IVQ2018, increasing 0.3 percent in the quarter, and increasing 2.5 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2019, US GDP grew at SAAR of 3.1 percent, increasing 0.8 percent in the quarter and increasing 2.7 percent relative to a year earlier. US GDP grew at SAAR of 2.0 percent in IIQ2019, increasing 0.5 percent in the quarter, and increasing 2.3 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2019, US GDP grew at SAAR of 2.1 percent, increasing 0.5 percent in the quarter, and increasing 2.1 percent relative to a year earlier. US GDP grew at SAAR of 2.1 percent in IVQ2019, increasing 0.5 percent in the quarter, and increasing 2.3 percent relative to a year earlier.
United Kingdom. In IQ2012, UK GDP increased 0.6 percent and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2012, GDP fell 0.1 percent relative to IQ2012 and increased 1.1 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2012, GDP increased 1.2 percent and increased 2.0 percent relative to the same quarter a year earlier. In IVQ2012, GDP fell 0.2 percent and increased 1.6 percent relative to a year earlier. Fiscal consolidation in an environment of weakening economic growth is much more challenging. GDP increased 1.6 percent in IQ2013 relative to a year earlier and 0.6 percent in IQ2013 relative to IVQ2012. In IIQ2013, GDP increased 0.5 percent and 2.3 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.9 percent in IIIQ2013 and 2.0 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.5 percent in IVQ2013 and 2.7 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2014, GDP increased 0.7 percent and 2.7 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.7 percent in IIQ2014 and 2.8 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.6 percent in IIIQ2014 and 2.4 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2014, GDP increased 0.6 percent and 2.5 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.5 percent in IQ2015 and increased 2.3 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.7 percent in IIQ2015 and increased 2.4 percent relative to a year earlier. UK GDP increased 0.4 percent in IIIQ2015 and increased 2.2 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.7 percent in IVQ2015 and increased 2.4 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.2 percent in IQ2016 and increased 2.1 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.5 percent in IIQ2016 and grew 1.9 percent relative to a year earlier. UK GDP increased 0.5 percent in IIIQ2016 and increased 1.9 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.6 percent in IVQ2016 and increased 1.8 percent relative to a year earlier. UK GDP increased 0.6 percent in IQ2017 and increased 2.2 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.3 percent in IIQ2017 and increased 1.9 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2017, GDP increased 0.3 percent and increased 1.8 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.4 percent in IVQ2017 and increased 1.6 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2018, GDP increased 0.1 percent and increased 1.1 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.5 percent in IIQ2018 and increased 1.3 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2018, GDP increased 0.6 percent and increased 1.6 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.2 percent in IVQ2018 and increased 1.4 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2019, GDP increased 0.6 percent and increased 2.0 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP decreased 0.1 percent in IIQ2019 and increased 1.3 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2019, GDP increased 0.5 percent and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP changed 0.0 percent in IVQ2019 and increased 1.1 percent relative to a year earlier.
Italy. Italy’s GDP increased 0.1 percent in IIIQ2019 and increased 0.3 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2019, Italy’s GDP increased 0.1 percent and increased 0.1 percent relative to a year earlier. Italy’s GDP increased 0.1 percent in IQ2019 and changed 0.0 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2018, the GDP of Italy increased 0.1 percent and decreased 0.1 percent relative to a year earlier. Italy’s GDP decreased 0.1 percent in IIIQ2018 and increased 0.4 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2018, the GDP of Italy decreased 0.1 percent and increased 0.9 percent relative to a year earlier. Italy’s GDP increased 0.1 percent in IQ2018 and increased 1.4 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2017, the GDP of Italy increased 0.5 percent and increased 1.9 percent relative to a year earlier. Italy’s GDP increased 0.4 percent in IIIQ2017 and increased 1.7 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2017, the GDP of Italy increased 0.4 percent and increased 1.9 percent relative to a year earlier. Italy’s GDP increased 0.6 percent in IQ2017 and increased 1.7 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2016, the GDP of Italy increased 0.3 percent and increased 1.4 percent relative to a year earlier. Italy’s GDP increased 0.6 percent in IIIQ2016 and increased 1.5 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2016, GDP increased 0.2 percent and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.3 percent in IQ2016 and increased 1.4 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.5 percent in IVQ2015 and increased 1.3 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2015, GDP increased 0.2 percent and increased 0.6 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.4 percent in IIQ2015 and 0.5 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.2 percent in IQ2015 and increased 0.1 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP decreased 0.2 percent in IVQ2014 and changed 0.0 percent relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.1 percent in IIIQ2014 and changed 0.0 percent relative to a year earlier. Italy’s GDP changed 0.0 percent in IIQ2014 and increased 0.1 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Italy increased 0.1 percent in IQ2014 and increased 0.1 percent relative to a year earlier. Italy’s GDP decreased 0.2 percent in IVQ2013 and fell 0.9 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Italy increased 0.2 percent in IIIQ2013 and fell 1.5 percent relative to a year earlier. Italy’s GDP changed 0.0 percent in IIQ2013 and fell 2.2 percent relative to a year earlier. Italy’s GDP fell 0.8 percent in IQ2013 and declined 2.9 percent relative to IQ2013. GDP had been growing during six consecutive quarters but at very low rates from IQ2010 to IIQ2011. Italy’s GDP fell in seven consecutive quarters from IIIQ2011 to IQ2013 at increasingly higher rates of contraction from 0.5 percent in IIIQ2011 to 0.9 percent in IVQ2011, 1.1 percent in IQ2012, 0.8 percent in IIQ2012 and 0.5 percent in IIIQ2012. The pace of decline accelerated to minus 0.8 percent in IVQ2012 and minus 0.8 percent in IQ2013. GDP contracted cumulatively 5.3 percent in seven consecutive quarterly contractions from IIIQ2011 to IQ2013 at the annual equivalent rate of minus 3.1 percent. The year-on-year rate has fallen from 2.2 percent in IVQ2010 to minus 3.2 percent in IVQ2012, minus 2.9 percent in IQ2013, minus 2.2 percent in IIQ2013 and minus 1.5 percent in IIIQ2013. GDP fell 0.9 percent in IVQ2013 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.1 percent in IQ2014 relative to a year earlier and increased 0.1 percent in IIQ2014 relative to a year earlier. GDP changed 0.0 percent in IIIQ2014 relative to a year earlier and changed 0.0 percent in IVQ2014 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.1 percent in IQ2015 relative to a year earlier and increased 0.5 percent in IIQ2015 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.6 percent in IIIQ2015 relative to a year earlier and increased 1.3 percent in IVQ2015 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 1.4 percent in IQ2016 relative to a year earlier and increased 1.2 percent in IIQ2016 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 1.5 percent in IIIQ2016 relative to a year earlier and increased 1.4 percent in IVQ2016 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 1.7 percent in IQ2017 relative to a year earlier and increased 1.9 percent in IIQ2017 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 1.7 percent in IIIQ2017 relative to a year earlier and increased 1.9 percent in IVQ2017 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 1.4 percent in IQ2018 relative to a year earlier and increased 0.9 percent in IIQ2018 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.4 percent in IIIQ2018 relative to a year earlier and decreased 0.1 percent in IVQ2018 relative to a year earlier. GDP changed 0.0 percent in IQ2019 relative to a year earlier and increased 0.1 percent in IIQ2019 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.3 percent in IIIIQ2019 relative to a year earlier. Using seasonally and calendar adjusted chained volumes in the dataset of EUROSTAT (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/), the GDP of Italy in IIIQ2019 of €430,459.2 million (https://www.istat.it/en/archivio/236253) is lower by 5.2 percent relative to €452,802.5 million in IQ2008 (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/). Using seasonally and calendar adjusted chained volumes in the dataset of EUROSTAT (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/), the GDP of Italy increased from €392,018.4 million in IQ1998 to €452,802.5 million in IQ2008 at the annual equivalent rate of 1.5 percent. The fiscal adjustment of Italy is significantly more difficult with the economy not growing especially on the prospects of increasing government revenue. The strategy is for reforms to improve productivity, facilitating future fiscal consolidation.
France. France’s GDP increased 0.1 percent in IQ2012 and increased 0.7 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP decreased 0.2 percent in IIQ2012 and increased 0.4 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIIQ2012, France’s GDP increased 0.2 percent and increased 0.4 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP decreased 0.1 percent in IVQ2012 and changed 0.0 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2013, France’s GDP changed 0.0 percent and decreased 0.1 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of France increased 0.7 percent in IIQ2013 and increased 0.8 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP changed 0.0 percent in IIIQ2013 and increased 0.6 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of France increased 0.5 percent in IVQ2013 and increased 1.1 percent relative to a year earlier. In IQ2014, France’s GDP increased 0.1 percent and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2014, France’s GDP increased 0.2 percent and increased 0.7 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP increased 0.5 percent in IIIQ2014 and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of France increased 0.1 percent in IVQ2014 and increased 0.8 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP increased 0.4 percent in IQ2015 and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2015, France’s GDP changed 0.0 percent and increased 1.0 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP increased 0.4 percent in IIIQ2015 and increased 0.9 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2015, the GDP of France increased 0.2 percent and increased 1.1 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP increased 0.6 percent in IQ2016 and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of France decreased 0.3 percent in IIQ2016 and increased 1.0 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP increased 0.3 percent in IIIQ2016 and increased 0.8 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2016, the GDP of France increased 0.6 percent and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP increased 0.8 percent in IQ2017 and increased 1.4 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2017, the GDP of France increased 0.7 percent and increased 2.4 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP increased 0.7 percent in IIIQ2017 and increased 2.8 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2017, the GDP of France increased 0.7 percent and increased 3.0 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP increased 0.2 percent in IQ2018 and increased 2.4 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2018, the GDP of France increased 0.2 percent and increased 1.9 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP increased 0.3 percent in IIIQ2018 and increased 1.5 percent relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2018, the GDP of France increased 0.4 percent and increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP increased 0.3 percent in IQ2019 and increased 1.3 percent relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2019, the GDP of France increased 0.3 percent in IIQ2019 and increased 1.4 percent relative to a year earlier. France’s GDP increased 0.3 percent in IIIQ2019 and increased 1.3 percent relative to a year earlier.

	IQ2012/IVQ2011	IQ2012/IQ2011
USA	QOQ: 0.8 SAAR: 3.2	2.7
Japan	QOQ: 1.2 SAAR: 4.9	3.1
China	1.9 AE 7.8	8.1
Euro Area	-0.2	-0.5
Germany	0.2	1.5 CA 1.0
France	0.1	0.7
Italy	-1.1	-2.3
United Kingdom	0.6	1.2
	IIQ2012/IQ2012	IIQ2012/IIQ2011
USA	QOQ: 0.4 SAAR: 1.7	2.4
Japan	QOQ: -0.7 SAAR: -2.8	2.9
China	2.1 AE 8.7	7.6
Euro Area	-0.3	-0.8
Germany	0.2	0.4 CA 0.9
France	-0.2	0.4
Italy	-0.8	-3.2
United Kingdom	-0.1	1.1
	IIIQ2012/ IIQ2012	IIIQ2012/ IIIQ2011
USA	QOQ: 0.1 SAAR: 0.5	2.5
Japan	QOQ: –0.4 SAAR: –1.5	-0.1
China	1.8 AE 7.4	7.5
Euro Area	-0.1	-1.0
Germany	0.3	-0.1
France	0.2	0.4
Italy	-0.5	-3.3
United Kingdom	1.2	2.0
	IVQ2012/IIIQ2012	IVQ2012/IVQ2011
United States	QOQ: 0.1 SAAR: 0.5	1.5
Japan	QOQ: 0.2 SAAR: 1.0	0.3
China	2.0 AE 8.2	8.1
Euro Area	-0.4	-1.1
Germany	-0.4	-0.1
France	-0.1	0.0
Italy	-0.8	-3.2
United Kingdom	-0.2	1.6
	IQ2013/IVQ2012	IQ2013/IQ2012
United States	QOQ: 0.9 SAAR: 3.6	1.6
Japan	QOQ: 1.2 SAAR: 5.0	0.4
China	1.9 AE 7.8	7.9
Euro Area	-0.4	-1.2
Germany	-0.5	-1.5
France	0.0	-0.1
Italy	-0.8	-2.9
UK	0.6	1.6
	IIQ2013/IQ2013	IIQ2013/IIQ2012
USA	QOQ: 0.1 SAAR: 0.5	1.3
Japan	QOQ: 0.8 SAAR: 3.2	1.9
China	1.8 AE 7.4	7.6
Euro Area	0.5	-0.4
Germany	1.1	0.8
France	0.7	0.8
Italy	0.0	-2.2
UK	0.5	2.3
	IIIQ2013/IIQ2013	III/Q2013/IIIQ2012
USA	QOQ: 0.8 SAAR: 3.2	1.9
Japan	QOQ: 0.8 SAAR: 3.4	3.0
China	2.1 AE 8.7	7.9
Euro Area	0.3	0.0
Germany	0.5	1.2
France	0.0	0.6
Italy	0.2	-1.5
UK	0.9	2.0
	IVQ2013/IIIQ2013	IVQ2013/IVQ2012
USA	QOQ: 0.8 SAAR: 3.2	2.6
Japan	QOQ: 0.0 SAAR: -0.2	2.7
China	1.6 AE 6.6	7.7
Euro Area	0.2	0.7
Germany	0.3	1.2
France	0.5	1.1
Italy	-0.2	-0.9
UK	0.5	2.7
	IQ2014/IVQ2013	IQ2014/IQ2013
USA	QOQ -0.3 SAAR -1.1	1.4
Japan	QOQ: 1.0 SAAR: 4.1	3.0
China	1.8 AE 7.4	7.5
Euro Area	0.5	1.6
Germany	1.0	3.2
France	0.1	1.2
Italy	0.1	0.1
UK	0.7	2.7
	IIQ2014/IQ2014	IIQ2014/IIQ2013
USA	QOQ 1.4 SAAR 5.5	2.7
Japan	QOQ: -1.9 SAAR: -7.4	-0.1
China	1.8 AE 7.4	7.6
Euro Area	0.2	1.2
Germany	0.0	1.4
France	0.2	0.7
Italy	0.0	0.1
UK	0.7	2.8
	IIIQ2014/IIQ2014	IIIQ2014/IIIQ2013
USA	QOQ: 1.2 SAAR: 5.0	3.1
Japan	QOQ: 0.1 SAAR: 0.3	-0.9
China	1.8 AE 7.4	7.2
Euro Area	0.5	1.4
Germany	0.5	1.8
France	0.5	1.2
Italy	0.1	0.0
UK	0.6	2.4
	IVQ2014/IIIQ2014	IVQ2014/IVQ2013
USA	QOQ: 0.6 SAAR: 2.3	2.9
Japan	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR: 2.0	-0.5
China	1.7 AE 7.0	7.3
Euro Area	0.4	1.6
Germany	0.9	2.4
France	0.1	0.8
Italy	-0.2	0.0
UK	0.6	2.5
	IQ2015/IVQ2014	IQ2015/IQ2014
USA	QOQ: 0.8 SAAR: 3.2	4.0
Japan	QOQ: 1.4 SAAR: 5.6	0.0
China	1.8 AE 7.4	7.1
Euro Area	0.7	1.8
Germany	-0.2	1.3
France	0.4	1.2
Italy	0.2	0.1
UK	0.5	2.3
	IIQ2015/IQ2015	IIQ2015/IIQ2014
USA	QOQ: 0.7 SAAR: 3.0	3.4
Japan	QOQ: 0.1 SAAR: 0.5	2.2
China	1.8 AE 7.4	7.1
Euro Area	0.4	2.1
Germany	0.6	1.8
France	0.0	1.0
Italy	0.4	0.5
UK	0.7	2.4
	IIIQ2015/IIQ2015	IIIQ2015/IIIQ2014
USA	QOQ: 0.3 SAAR: 1.3	2.4
Japan	QOQ: -0.1 SAAR: -0.3	1.9
China	1.7 AE 7.0	7.0
Euro Area	0.5	2.0
Germany	0.5	1.8
France	0.4	0.9
Italy	0.2	0.6
UK	0.4	2.2
	IVQ2015/IIIQ2015	IVQ2015/IVQ2014
USA	QOQ: 0.0 SAAR: 0.1	1.9
Japan	QOQ: -0.4 SAAR: -1.5	0.9
China	1.6 AE 6.6	6.9
Euro Area	0.4	2.0
Germany	0.4	2.1
France	0.2	1.1
Italy	0.5	1.3
UK	0.7	2.4
	IQ2016/IVQ2015	IQ2016/IQ2015
USA	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR: 2.0	1.6
Japan	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR: 2.1	0.2
China	1.5 AE 6.1	6.9
Euro Area	0.6	1.9
Germany	0.8	2.0
France	0.6	1.2
Italy	0.3	1.4
UK	0.2	2.1
	IIQ2016/IQ2016	IIQ2016/IIQ2015
USA	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR: 1.9	1.3
Japan	QOQ: 0.1 SAAR: 0.6	0.2
China	1.9 AE 7.8	6.8
Euro Area	0.3	1.8
Germany	0.6	3.7
France	-0.3	1.0
Italy	0.2	1.2
UK	0.5	1.9
	IIIQ2016/IIQ2016	IIIQ2016/IIIQ2015
USA	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR: 2.2	1.6
Japan	QOQ: 0.2 SAAR: 0.9	0.5
China	1.7 AE 7.0	6.8
Euro Area	0.5	1.8
Germany	0.2	1.9
France	0.3	0.8
Italy	0.6	1.5
UK	0.5	1.9
	IVQ2016/IIIQ2016	IVQ2016/IVQ2015
USA	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR: 2.0	2.0
Japan	QOQ: 0.3 SAAR: 1.1	1.2
China	1.6 AE 6.6	6.9
Euro Area	0.8	2.1
Germany	0.4	1.4
France	0.6	1.2
Italy	0.3	1.4
UK	0.6	1.8
	IQ2017/IVQ2016	IQ2017/IQ2016
USA	QOQ: 0.6 SAAR: 2.3	2.1
Japan	QOQ: 1.2 SAAR: 4.8	1.8
China	1.6 AE 6.6	7.0
Euro Area	0.6	2.2
Germany	1.2	3.6
France	0.8	1.4
Italy	0.6	1.7
UK	0.6	2.2
	IIQ2017/IQ2017	IIQ2017/IIQ2016
USA	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR: 2.2	2.2
Japan	QOQ: 0.4 SAAR: 1.4	2.0
China	1.8 AE 7.4	7.0
Euro Area	0.7	2.6
Germany	0.6	1.0 CA 2.3
France	0.7	2.4
Italy	0.4	1.9
UK	0.3	1.9
	IIIQ2017/IIQ2017	IIIQ2017/IIIQ2016
USA	QOQ: 0.8 SAAR: 3.2	2.4
Japan	QOQ: 0.6 SAAR: 2.3	2.4
China	1.7 AE 7.0	6.9
Euro Area	0.8	2.9
Germany	0.9	2.5 CA 3.0
France	0.7	2.8
Italy	0.4	1.7
UK	0.3	1.8
	IVQ2017/IIIQ2017	IVQ2017/IVQ2016
USA	QOQ: 0.9 SAAR: 3.5	2.8
Japan	QOQ: 0.4 SAAR: 1.6	2.5
China	1.6 AE 6.6	6.8
Euro Area	0.8	3.0
Germany	0.7	2.8 CA 3.4
France	0.7	3.0
Italy	0.5	1.9
UK	0.4	1.6
	IQ2018/IVQ2017	IQ2018/IQ2017
USA	QOQ: 0.6 SAAR: 2.5	2.9
Japan	QOQ: -0.4 SAAR: -1.6	0.9
China	1.5 AE 6.1	6.9
Euro Area	0.3	2.6
Germany	0.1	1.6 CA 2.3
France	0.2	2.4
Italy	0.1	1.4
UK	0.1	1.1
	IIQ2018/IQ2018	IIQ2018/IIQ2017
USA	QOQ: 0.9 SAAR: 3.5	3.2
Japan	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR: 1.8	1.0
China	1.8 AE 7.4	6.9
Euro Area	0.3	2.2
Germany	0.4	2.5 CA 2.1
France	0.2	1.9
Italy	-0.1	0.9
UK	0.5	1.3
	IIIQ2018/IIQ2018	IIIQ2018/IIIQ2017
USA	QOQ: 0.7 SAAR: 2.9	3.1
Japan	QOQ -0.8 SAAR: -3.2	-0.3
China	1.6 AE 6.6	6.7
Euro Area	0.2	1.6
Germany	-0.1	1.1 CA 1.1
France	0.3	1.5
Italy	-0.1	0.4
UK	0.6	1.6
	IVQ2018IIIQ2018	IVQ2018/IVQ2017
USA	QOQ: 0.3 SAAR: 1.1	2.5
Japan	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR: 2.1	-0.3
China	1.5 AE 6.1	6.5
Euro Area	0.3	1.2
Germany	0.2	0.9 CA 0.6
France	0.4	1.2
Italy	0.1	-0.1
UK	0.2	1.4
	IQ2019/IV2018	IQ2019/IQ2018
USA	QOQ: 0.8 SAAR: 3.1	2.7
Japan	QOQ: 0.6 SAAR: 2.6	0.8
China	1.5 AE 6.1	6.4
Euro Area	0.4	1.4
Germany	0.5	0.9 CA 1.0
France	0.3	1.3
Italy	0.1	0.0
UK	0.6	2.0
	IIQ2019/IQ2019	IIQ2019/IIQ2018
USA	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR: 2.0	2.3
Japan	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR: 1.9	0.9
China	1.4 AE 5.7	6.2
Euro Area	0.2	1.2
Germany	-0.2	-0.1 CA 0.3
France	0.3	1.4
Italy	0.1	0.1
UK	-0.1	1.3
	IIIQ2019/IIQ2019	IIIQ2019/IIIQ2018
USA	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR 2.1	2.1
Japan	QOQ: 0.1 SAAR: 0.5	1.7
China	1.6 AE 6.6	6.0
Euro Area	0.2	1.2
Germany	0.1	1.0 CA 0.5
France	0.3	1.3
Italy	0.1	0.3
UK	0.5	1.2
	IVQ2019/IIIQ2019	IVQ2019/IVQ2018
USA	QOQ: 0.5 SAAR: 2.1	2.3
Japan	QOQ: -1.6 SAAR: -6.3	-0.4
China	1.4 AE 5.7	6.0
UK	0.0	1.1

QOQ: Quarter relative to prior quarter; SAAR: seasonally adjusted annual rate

Source: Country Statistical Agencies http://www.bls.gov/bls/other.htm https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs/about/related-sites.html

Table V-4 provides two types of data: growth of exports and imports in the latest available months and in the past 12 months; and contributions of net trade (exports less imports) to growth of real GDP.

Japan. Japan provides the most worrisome data (http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/global-decline-of-values-of-financial.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/valuation-of-risk-financial-assets.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/fluctuating-financial-asset-valuations.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/dollar-revaluation-squeezing-corporate.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2015/04/imf-view-of-economy-and-finance-united.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/impatience-with-monetary-policy-of.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/world-financial-turbulence-squeeze-of.html and earlier (http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/financial-and-international.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/12/patience-on-interest-rate-increases.html and earlier (http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/squeeze-of-economic-activity-by-carry.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/world-inflation-waves-squeeze-of.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/monetary-policy-world-inflation-waves.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/world-inflation-waves-united-states.html and earlier (http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/valuation-risks-world-inflation-waves.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/united-states-commercial-banks-assets.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/financial-volatility-mediocre-cyclical.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/interest-rate-risks-world-inflation.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/financial-risks-slow-cyclical-united.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/mediocre-cyclical-united-states.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/tapering-quantitative-easing-mediocre.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/risks-of-zero-interest-rates-world.html http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/global-financial-risk-world-inflation.html http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/duration-dumping-and-peaking-valuations_8763.html http://cmpass ocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/interest-rate-risks-duration-dumping.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/duration-dumping-steepening-yield-curve.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/paring-quantitative-easing-policy-and_4699.html and earlier at http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/united-states-commercial-banks-assets.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-inflation-waves-squeeze-of.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/united-states-commercial-banks-assets.html and earlier at http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/world-inflation-waves-united-states.html and earlier at http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/thirty-one-million-unemployed-or.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/mediocre-and-decelerating-united-states_24.html and earlier http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/contraction-of-united-states-real_25.html and for GDP http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/interest-rate-policy-dependent-on-what_13.html). In Jan 2020, Japan’s exports decreased 2.6 percent in 12 months while imports decreased 3.6 percent. The second part of Table V-4 shows that net trade added 0.8 percent in IQ2012, deducting 2.0 percent in IIQ2012. Net trade deducted 1.9 percent in IIIQ2012. Net traded deducted 0.4 percent in IVQ2012. Net trade added 1.5 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2013 but deducted 0.2 percentage points in IIQ2013, deducting 1.4 percentage points in IIIQ2013 and 2.2 percentage points in IVQ2013. Net trade deducted 0.7 percentage points from GDP growth in IQ2014. Net trade added 4.0 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2014 and deducted 0.3 percentage points in IIIQ2014. Net trade added 1.5 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2014. Net trade contributed 0.2 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2015 and deducted 0.5-percentage points in IIQ2015. Net trade deducted 0.6 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2015. Net trade contributed 0.1 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2015 and added 1.4 percentage points in IQ2016. Net trade contributed 0.5 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2016. Net trade added 1.2 percentage points to GDP growth in IIIQ2016 and contributed 1.4 percentage points in IVQ2016. Net trade contributed 0.4 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2017 and deducted 0.9 percentage points in IIQ2017. Net trade contributed 2.1 percentage points to GDP growth in IIIQ2017 and deducted 0.3 percentage-point in IVQ2017. Net trade contributed 0.4 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2018 and contributed 0.0 percentage points in IIQ2018. Net trade deducted 0.7 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2018 and deducted 1.7 percentage points in IVQ2018. Net trade contributed 1.8 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2019 with export contraction deducting 1.4 percent and import contraction contributing 3.3 percent. Net trade deducted 1.1 percentage points from GDP growth in IIQ2019. Net trade deducted 1.0 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2019. Net trade contributed 1.9 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2019.

China. In Dec 2019, China exports increased 7.6 percent relative to a year earlier and imports increased 16.3 percent.
Germany. Germany’s exports increased 0.1 percent in the month of Dec 2019 and increased 2.3 percent in the 12 months ending in Dec 2019. Germany’s imports decreased 0.7 percent in the month of Dec 2019 and increased 1.2 percent in the 12 months ending in Dec 2019. Net trade contributed 0.8 percentage points to growth of GDP in IQ2012, contributed 0.3 percentage points in IIQ2012, contributed 0.4 percentage points in IIIQ2012, deducted 0.5 percentage points in IVQ2012, deducted 0.3 percentage points in IQ2013 and deducted 0.3 percentage points in IIQ2013. Net traded deducted 0.0 percentage points from Germany’s GDP growth in IIIQ2013 and added 0.9 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2013. Net trade deducted 0.2 percentage points from GDP growth in IQ2014. Net trade deducted 0.2 percentage points from GDP growth in IIQ2014 and added 0.8 percentage points in IIIQ2014. Net trade added 0.1 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2014 and deducted 0.5 percentage points in IQ2015. Net trade added 0.8 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2015 and deducted 0.3 percentage points in IIIQ2015. Net trade deducted 0.7 percentage points in IVQ2015 and deducted 0.3 percentage points in IQ2016. Net trade added 0.7 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2016. Net trade deducted 0.3 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2016. Net trade deducted 0.5 percentage points in IVQ2016. Net trade added 0.7 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2017. Net trade deducted 0.2 percentage points from GDP growth in IIQ2017. Net trade added 0.4 percentage points to GDP growth in IIIQ2017. Net trade added 0.2 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2017. Net trade contributed 0.0 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2018 and deducted 0.2 percentage points from GDP growth in IIQ2018. Net trade deducted 0.9 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2018. Net trade contributed 0.0 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2018. Net trade contributed 0.2 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2019.
United Kingdom. Net trade contributed 0.7 percentage points in IIQ2013. In IIIQ2013, net trade deducted 1.7 percentage points from UK growth. Net trade contributed 0.1 percentage points to UK value added in IVQ2013. Net trade contributed 0.8 percentage points to UK value added in IQ2014 and 0.3 percentage points in IIQ2014. Net trade deducted 0.7 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2014 and added 0.0 percentage points in IVQ2014. Net traded deducted 0.4 percentage points from growth in IQ2015. Net trade added 1.1 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2015 and deducted 0.4 percentage points in IIIQ2015. Net trade deducted 0.2 percentage points from GDP growth in IVQ2015. Net trade deducted 0.1-percentage points from GDP growth in IQ2016. Net trade added 0.1 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2016. Net trade deducted 1.8 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2016. Net trade added 1.7 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2016. Net trade added 0.33 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2017 and contributed 0.01 percentage points in IIQ2017. Net trade contributed 0.11 percentage points to GDP growth in IIIQ2017. Net trade deducted 0.14 percentage points from GDP growth in IVQ2017. Net trade added 0.02 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2018. Net trade deducted 0.26 percentage points from GDP growth in IIQ2018. Net trade contributed 0.44 percentage points to GDP growth in IIIQ2018. Net trade deducted 1.00 percentage points from GDP growth in IVQ2018. Net trade deducted 2.69 percentage points from GDP growth in IQ2019. Net trade contributed 2.89 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2019. Net trade contributed 1.40 percentage points to GDP growth in IIIQ2019. Net trade contributed 1.56 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2019.
France. France’s exports decreased 0.6 percent in Dec 2019 while imports decreased 3.3 percent. France’s exports decreased 2.2 percent in the 12 months ending in Dec 2019 and imports decreased 2.4 percent relative to a year earlier. Net traded added 0.1 percentage points to France’s GDP in IIIQ2012 and 0.1 percentage points in IVQ2012. Net trade deducted 0.1 percentage points from France’s GDP growth in IQ2013 and added 0.3 percentage points in IIQ2013, deducting 1.7 percentage points in IIIQ2013. Net trade added 0.1 percentage points to France’s GDP in IVQ2013 and deducted 0.1 percentage points in IQ2014. Net trade deducted 0.2 percentage points from France’s GDP growth in IIQ2014 and deducted 0.2 percentage points in IIIQ2014. Net trade added 0.2 percentage points to France’s GDP growth in IVQ2014 and deducted 0.2 percentage points in IQ2015. Net trade added 0.4 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2015 and deducted 0.6 percentage points in IIIQ2015. Net trade deducted 0.7 percentage points from GDP growth in IVQ2015 and deducted 0.1 percentage points from GDP growth in IQ2016. Net trade added 0.3 percentage points to GDP in IIQ2016. Net trade deducted 0.6 percentage points from GDP in IIIQ2016 and added 0.1 percentage points in IVQ2016. Net trade deducted 0.6 percentage points from GDP in IQ2017 and added 0.9 percentage points in IIQ2017. Net trade deducted 0.3 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2017. Net trade added 0.6 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2017. Net trade added 0.0 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2018. Net trade contributed 0.0 percentage points from GDP growth in IIQ2018. Net trade added 0.3 percentage points to GDP growth in IIIQ2018. Net trade added 0.2 percentage points to GDP in IVQ2018. Net trade deducted 0.3 percentage points from GDP in IQ2019. Net trade contributed 0.0 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ219. Net trade deducted 0.4 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2019.
United States. US exports increased 0.8 percent in Dec 2019 and goods exports decreased 1.2 percent in Jan-Dec 2019 relative to a year earlier. Imports increased 2.7 percent in Dec 2019 and goods imports decreased 1.7 percent in Jan-Dec 2019 relative to a year earlier. Net trade added 0.27 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2012 and deducted 0.08 percentage points in IIIQ2012, adding 0.57 percentage points in IVQ2012. Net trade added 0.40 percentage points to US GDP growth in IQ2013 and deducted 0.33 percentage points in IIQ2013. Net traded subtracted 0.14 percentage points from US GDP growth in IIIQ2013. Net trade added 1.23 percentage points to US GDP growth in IVQ2013. Net trade deducted 1.11 percentage points from US GDP growth in IQ2014 and deducted 0.46 percentage points in IIQ2014. Net trade added 0.10 percentage points to GDP growth in IIIQ2014. Net trade deducted 1.05 percentage points from GDP growth in IVQ2014 and deducted 1.67 percentage points from GDP growth in IQ2015. Net trade added 0.06 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2015. Net trade deducted 1.00 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2015. Net trade deducted 0.20 percentage points from GDP growth in IVQ2015. Net trade deducted 0.50 percentage points from GDP growth in IQ2016. Net trade added 0.35 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2016. Net trade added 0.05 percentage points to GDP growth in IIIQ2016. Net trade deducted 1.36 percentage points from GDP growth in IVQ2016. Net trade added 0.13 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2017. Net trade deducted 0.31 percentage points from GDP growth in IIQ2017. Net trade added 0.35 percentage points to GDP growth in IIIQ2017. Net trade deducted 0.80 percentage points from GDP growth in IVQ2017. Net trade deducted 0.00 percentage points from GDP growth in IQ2018. Net trade added 0.67 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2018. Net trade deducted 2.05 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2018, deducting 0.35 percentage points in IVQ2018. Net trade added 0.73 percentage points in IQ2019, deducting 0.68 percentage points in IIQ2019. Net trade deducted 0.14 percentage points in IIIQ2019. Net trade added 1.48 percentage points in IVQ2019.

Industrial production decreased 0.3 percent in Jan 2020 and decreased 0.4 percent in Dec 2019 after increasing 0.9 percent in Nov 2019, with all data seasonally adjusted. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System conducted the annual revision of industrial production released on Mar 27, 2019 (https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/revisions/Current/DefaultRev.htm):

“The Federal Reserve has revised its index of industrial production (IP) and the related measures of capacity and capacity utilization.[1] On net, the revisions to the growth rates for total IP for recent years were small and positive, with the estimates for 2016 and 2017 a bit higher and the estimates for 2015 and 2018 slightly lower.[2] Total IP is still reported to have increased from the end of the recession in mid-2009 through late 2014 before declining in 2015 and rebounding in mid-2016. Subsequently, the index advanced around 7 1/2 percent over 2017 and 2018.

Capacity for total industry expanded modestly in each year from 2015 to 2017 before advancing 1 1/2 percent in 2018; it is expected to advance about 2 percent in 2019. Revisions for recent years were very small and showed slightly less expansion in most years relative to earlier reports.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, capacity utilization for total industry stood at 79.4 percent, about 3/4 percentage point above its previous estimate and about 1/2 percentage point below its long-run (1972–2018) average. The utilization rate in 2017 is also higher than its previous estimate.”

The report of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System states (https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/Current/default.htm):

“Industrial production declined 0.3 percent in January, as unseasonably warm weather held down the output of utilities and as a major manufacturer significantly slowed production of civilian aircraft. The index for manufacturing edged down 0.1 percent in January; excluding the production of aircraft and parts, factory output advanced 0.3 percent. The index for mining rose 1.2 percent. At 109.2 percent of its 2012 average, total industrial production was 0.8 percent lower in January than it was a year earlier. Capacity utilization for the industrial sector fell 0.3 percentage point in January to 76.8 percent, a rate that is 3.0 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2019) average.” In the six months ending in Jan 2020, United States national industrial production accumulated change of 0.2 percent at the annual equivalent rate of 0.4 percent, which is higher than growth of minus 0.8 percent in the 12 months ending in Jan 2020. Excluding growth of 0.7 percent in Aug 2019, growth in the remaining five months from Aug 2019 to Jan 2020 accumulated to minus 0.5 percent or minus 1.2 percent annual equivalent. Industrial production increased 0.9 percent in one of the past six months, 0.7 percent in one month, minus 0.4 percent in two months and minus 0.3 percent in two months. Industrial production increased at annual equivalent 0.4 percent in the most recent quarter from Nov 2019 to Jan 2020 and changed at 0.0 percent annual equivalent in the prior quarter from Aug to Oct 2019. Business equipment accumulated change of minus 2.4 percent in the six months from Aug 2019 to Jan 2020, at the annual equivalent rate of minus 4.8 percent, which is lower than growth of minus 4.5 percent in the 12 months ending in Jan 2020. The Fed analyzes capacity utilization of total industry in its report (https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/Current/default.htm): ” Capacity utilization for the industrial sector fell 0.3 percentage point in January to 76.8 percent, a rate that is 3.0 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2019) average.” United States industry apparently decelerated to a lower growth rate followed by possible acceleration and weakening growth in past months. There could be renewed growth with oscillations.

Manufacturing decreased 22.3 percent from the peak in Jun 2007 to the trough in Apr 2009 and increasing 18.3 percent from the trough in Apr 2009 to Dec 2019. Manufacturing grew 17.2 percent from the trough in Apr 2009 to Jan 2020. Manufacturing in Jan 2020 is lower by 8.9 percent relative to the peak in Jun 2007. The US maintained growth at 3.0 percent on average over entire cycles with expansions at higher rates compensating for contractions. Growth at trend in the entire cycle from IVQ2007 to IVQ2019 would have accumulated to 42.6 percent. GDP in IVQ2019 would be $22,476.6 billion (in constant dollars of 2012) if the US had grown at trend, which is higher by $3256.8 billion than actual $19,219.8 billion. There are more than three trillion dollars of GDP less than at trend, explaining the 21.0 million unemployed or underemployed equivalent to actual unemployment/underemployment of 12.2 percent of the effective labor force (https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/increasing-valuations-of-risk-financial.html and earlier https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/rising-valuations-of-risk-financial.html). US GDP in IVQ2019 is 14.5 percent lower than at trend. US GDP grew from $15,762.0 billion in IVQ2007 in constant dollars to $19,219.8 billion in IVQ2019 or 21.9 percent at the average annual equivalent rate of 1.7 percent. Professor John H. Cochrane (2014Jul2) estimates US GDP at more than 10 percent below trend. Cochrane (2016May02) measures GDP growth in the US at average 3.5 percent per year from 1950 to 2000 and only at 1.76 percent per year from 2000 to 2015 with only at 2.0 percent annual equivalent in the current expansion. Cochrane (2016May02) proposes drastic changes in regulation and legal obstacles to private economic activity. The US missed the opportunity to grow at higher rates during the expansion and it is difficult to catch up because growth rates in the final periods of expansions tend to decline. The US missed the opportunity for recovery of output and employment always afforded in the first four quarters of expansion from recessions. Zero interest rates and quantitative easing were not required or present in successful cyclical expansions and in secular economic growth at 3.0 percent per year and 2.0 percent per capita as measured by Lucas (2011May). There is cyclical uncommonly slow growth in the US instead of allegations of secular stagnation. There is similar behavior in manufacturing. There is classic research on analyzing deviations of output from trend (see for example Schumpeter 1939, Hicks 1950, Lucas 1975, Sargent and Sims 1977). The long-term trend is growth of manufacturing at average 3.1 percent per year from Jan 1919 to Jan 2020. Growth at 3.1 percent per year would raise the NSA index of manufacturing output (SIC, Standard Industrial Classification) from 108.2987 in Dec 2007 to 156.6144 in Jan 2020. The actual index NSA in Jan 2020 is 102.3051 which is 34.7 percent below trend. Manufacturing grew at the average annual rate of 3.3 percent between Dec 1986 and Dec 2006. Growth at 3.3 percent per year would raise the NSA index of manufacturing output (SIC, Standard Industrial Classification) from 108.2987 in Dec 2007 to 160.3252 in Jan 2020. The actual index NSA in Jan 2020 is 102.3051, which is 36.2 percent below trend. Manufacturing output grew at average 1.9 percent between Dec 1986 and Jan 2020. Using trend growth of 1.9 percent per year, the index would increase to 135.9547 in Jan 2020. The output of manufacturing at 102.3051 in Jan 2020 is 24.8 percent below trend under this alternative calculation. Using the NAICS (North American Industry Classification System), manufacturing output fell from the high of 110.5147 in Jun 2007 to the low of 86.3800 in Apr 2009 or 21.8 percent. The NAICS manufacturing index increased from 86.3800 in Apr 2009 to 103.5684 in Jan 2020 or 19.9 percent. The NAICS manufacturing index increased at the annual equivalent rate of 3.5 percent from Dec 1986 to Dec 2006. Growth at 3.5 percent would increase the NAICS manufacturing output index from 106.6777 in Dec 2007 to 161.6599 in Jan 2020. The NAICS index at 103.5684 in Jan 2020 is 35.9 below trend. The NAICS manufacturing output index grew at 1.7 percent annual equivalent from Dec 1999 to Dec 2006. Growth at 1.7 percent would raise the NAICS manufacturing output index from 106.6777 in Dec 2007 to 130.7781 in Jan 2020. The NAICS index at 103.5684 in Jan 2020 is 20.8 percent below trend under this alternative calculation. Table I-13 provides national income by industry without capital consumption adjustment (WCCA). “Private industries” or economic activities have share of 86.8 percent in IIIQ2019. Most of US national income is in the form of services. In Jan 2020, there were 150.102 million nonfarm jobs NSA in the US, according to estimates of the establishment survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm Table B-1). Total private jobs of 127.557 million NSA in Jan 2020 accounted for 85.0 percent of total nonfarm jobs of 150.102 million, of which 12.773 million, or 10.0 percent of total private jobs and 8.5 percent of total nonfarm jobs, were in manufacturing. Private service-providing jobs were 106.844 million NSA in Jan 2020, or 71.2 percent of total nonfarm jobs and 83.8 percent of total private-sector jobs. Manufacturing has share of 9.4 percent in US national income in IIIQ2019 and durable goods 5.6 percent, as shown in Table I-13. Most income in the US originates in services. Subsidies and similar measures designed to increase manufacturing jobs will not increase economic growth and employment and may actually reduce growth by diverting resources away from currently employment-creating activities because of the drain of taxation.

Table V-4, Growth of Trade and Contributions of Net Trade to GDP Growth, ∆% and % Points

	Exports M ∆%	Exports 12 M ∆%	Imports M ∆%	Imports 12 M ∆%
USA	0.8 Dec	-1.2 Jan-Dec	2.7 Dec	-1.7 Jan-Dec
Japan		Jan 2020 -2.6 Dec 2019 -6.3 Nov 2019 -7.9 Oct 2019 -9.2 Sep 2019 -5.2 Aug 2019 -8.2 Jul 2019 -1.6 Jun 2019 -6.7 May 2019 -7.8 Apr 2019 -2.4 Mar 2019 -2.4 Feb 2019 -1.2 Jan 2019 -8.4 Dec 2018 -3.8 Nov 2018 0.1 Oct 2018 8.2 Sep 2018 -1.2 Aug 2018 6.6 Jul 2018 3.9 Jun 2018 6.7 May 2018 8.1 Apr 2018 7.8 Mar 2018 2.1 Feb 2018 1.8 Jan 2018 12.2 Dec 2017 9.3 Nov 2017 16.2 Oct 2017 14.0 Sep 2017 14.1 Aug 2017 18.1 Jul 2017 13.4 Jun 2017 9.7 May 2017 14.9 Apr 2017 7.5 Mar 2017 12.0 Feb 2017 11.3 Jan 2017 1.3 Dec 2016 5.4 Nov 2016 -0.4 Oct 2016 -10.3 Sep 2016 -6.9 Aug 2016 9.6 Jul 2016 -14.0 Jun 2016 -7.8 May 2016 -11.3 Apr 2016 -10.1 Mar 2016 -6.8 Feb 2016 -4.0 Jan 2016 -12.9 Dec 2015 -8.0 Nov 2015 -3.3 Oct 2015 -2.1 Sep 2015 0.6 Aug 3.1 Jul 2015 7.6 Jun 2015 9.5 May 2015 2.4 Apr 8.0 Mar 8.5 Feb 2.4 Jan 17.0 Dec 12.9 Nov 4.9 Oct 9.6 Sep 6.9 Aug -1.3 Jul 3.9 Jun -2.0 May 2014 -2.7 Apr 2014 5.1 Mar 2014 1.8 Feb 2014 9.5 Jan 2014 9.5 Dec 2013 15.3 Nov 2013 18.4 Oct 2013 18.6 Sep 2013 11.5 Aug 2013 14.7 Jul 2013 12.2 Jun 2013 7.4 May 2013 10.1 Apr 2013 3.8 Mar 2013 1.1 Feb 2013 -2.9 Jan 2013 6.4 Dec -5.8 Nov -4.1 Oct -6.5 Sep -10.3 Aug -5.8 Jul -8.1		Jan 2020 -3.6 Dec 2019 -4.9 Nov 2019 -15.7 Oct 2019 -14.8 Sep 2019 -1.5 Aug 2019 -12.0 Jul 2019 -1.2 Jun 2019 -5.2 May 2019 -1.5 Apr 2019 6.4 Mar 2019 1.1 Feb 2019 -6.7 Jan 2019 -0.6 Dec 2018 1.9 Nov 2018 12.5 Oct 2018 19.9 Sep 2018 7.0 Aug 2018 15.4 Jul 2018 14.6 Jun 2018 2.5 May 2018 14.0 Apr 2018 5.9 Mar 2018 -0.6 Feb 2018 16.6 Jan 2018 7.9 Dec 2017 14.9 Nov 2017 17.2 Oct 2017 18.9 Sep 2017 12.0 Aug 2017 15.2 Jul 2017 16.3 Jun 2017 15.5 May 2017 17.8 Apr 2017 15.1 Mar 2017 15.8 Feb 2017 1.2 Jan 2017 8.5 Dec 2016 -2.6 Nov 2016 -8.8 Oct 2016 -16.5 Sep 2016 -16.3 Aug 2016 -17.3 Jul 2016 -24.7 Jun 2016 -18.8 May 2016 -13.8 Apr 2016 -23.3 Mar 2016 -14.9 Feb 2016 -14.2 Jan 2016 -18.0 Dec 2015 -18.0 Nov 2015 -10.2 Oct 2015 -13.4 Sep 2015 -11.1 Aug -3.1 Jul 2015 -3.2 Jun 2015 -2.9 May 2015 -8.7 Apr -4.2 Mar -14.5 Feb -3.6 Jan -9.0 Dec 1.9 Nov -1.7 Oct 2.7 Sep 6.2 Aug -1.5 Jul 2.3 Jun 8.4 May 2014 -3.6 Apr 2013 3.4 Mar 2014 18.1 Feb 2014 9.0 Jan 2014 25.0 Dec 2013 24.7 Nov 2013 21.1 Oct 2013 26.1 Sep 2013 16.5 Aug 2013 16.0 Jul 2013 19.6 Jun 2013 11.8 May 2013 10.0 Apr 2013 9.4 Mar 2013 5.5 Feb 2013 7.3 Jan 2013 7.3 Dec 1.9 Nov 0.8 Oct -1.6 Sep 4.1 Aug -5.4 Jul 2.1
China	Jan-Dec 0.5 Jan-Dec 9.9 Jan-Dec 2017 7.9 Jan-Dec 2016 -7.7 Jan-Dec 2015 -2.8	2019 Dec 7.6 Nov -1.1 Oct -0.9 Sep -3.2 Aug -1.0 Jul 3.3 Jun -1.3 May 1.1 Apr -2.7 Mar 14.2 Feb -20.7 Jan 9.3 2018 Dec -4.4 Nov 5.4 Oct 15.6 Sep 14.5 Aug 9.8 Jul 12.2 Jun 11.3 May 12.6 Apr 12.9 Mar -2.7 Feb 44.5 Jan 11.1 2017 Dec 10.9 Nov 12.3 Oct 6.9 Sep 8.1 Aug 5.5 Jul 7.2 Jun 11.3 May 8.7 Apr 8.0 Mar 16.4 Feb -1.3 Jan 7.9 2016 Dec 3.1 Nov 0.1 Oct -7.3 Sep -10.0 Aug -2.8 Jul -4.4 Jun -4.8 May -4.1 Apr -1.8 Mar 11.5 Feb -25.4 Jan -11.2 2015 -1.4 Dec -6.8 Nov -6.9 Oct -3.7 Sep -5.5 Aug -8.3 Jul 2.8 Jun -2.5 May -6.4 Apr -15.0 Mar 48.3 Feb -3.3 Jan 2014 9.7 Dec 4.7 Nov 11.6 Oct 15.3 Sep 9.4 Aug 14.5 Jul 7.2 Jun 7.0 May 0.9 Apr -6.6 Mar -18.1 Feb 10.6 Jan 2013 4.3 Dec 12.7 Nov 5.6 Oct -0.3 Sep 7.2 Aug 5.1 Jul -3.1 Jun 1.0 May 14.7 Apr 10.0 Mar 21.8 Feb 25.0 Jan	Jan-Dec -2.8 Jan-Dec 15.8 Jan-Dec 2017 15.9 Jan-Dec 2016 -5.5 Jan-Dec 2015 -14.1	2019 Dec 16.3 Nov 0.3 Oct -6.4 Sep -8.5 Aug -5.6 Jul -5.3 Jun -7.3 May -8.5 Apr 4.0 Mar -7.6 Feb -5.2 Jan -1.5 2018 Dec -7.6 Nov 3.0 Oct 21.4 Sep 14.3 Aug 20.0 Jul 27.3 Jun 14.1 May 26.0 Apr 21.5 Mar 14.4 Feb 6.3 Jan 36.9 2017 Dec 4.5 Nov 17.7 Oct 17.2 Sep 18.7 Aug 13.3 Jul 11.0 Jun 17.2 May 14.8 Apr 11.9 Mar 20.3 Feb 38.1 Jan 16.7 2016 Dec -7.7 Nov 6.7 Oct -1.4 Sep -1.9 Aug 1.5 Jul -12.5 Jun -2.8 May -0.4 Apr -10.6 Mar -7.6 Feb -13.8 Jan -18.8 2015 -7.6 Dec -8.7 Nov -18.8 Oct -20.4 Sep -13.8 Aug -8.1 Jul -6.1 Jun -17.6 May -12.7 Mar -20.5 Feb -19.9 Jan 2014 -2.4 Dec -6.7 Nov 4.6 Oct 7.0 Sep -2.4 Aug -1.6 Jul 5.5 Jun -1.6 May -0.8 Apr -11.3 Mar 10.1 Feb 10.0 Jan 2013 8.3 Dec 5.3 Nov 7.6 Oct 7.4 Sep 7.0 Aug 10.9 Jul -0.7 Jun -0.3 May 16.8 Apr 14.1 Mar -15.2 Feb 28.8 Jan
Euro Area	4.8 12-Dec 19	2.7 Jan-Dec 19	1.1 12-Dec 19	1.5 Jan-Dec 19
Germany	0.1 Dec CSA	2.3 Dec	-0.7 Dec CSA	1.2 Dec
France Dec	-0.6	-2.2	-3.3	-2.4
Italy Dec	-0.9	4.2	0.8	-2.2
UK	10.2 Dec	5.0	0.1 Dec	4.7
Net Trade % Points GDP Growth	Points
USA	IVQ2019 1.48 IIIQ2019 -0.14 IIQ2019 -0.68 IQ2019 0.73 IVQ 2018 -0.35 IIIQ 2018 -2.05 IIQ2018 0.67 IQ2018 0.00 IVQ2017 -0.80 IIIQ2017 0.35 IIQ2017 -0.31 IQ2017 0.13 IVQ2016 -1.36 IIIQ2016 0.05 IIQ2016 0.35 IQ2016 -0.50 IVQ2015 -0.20 IIIQ2015 -1.00 IIQ2015 0.06 IQ2015 -1.67 IVQ2014 -1.05 IIIQ2014 0.10 IIQ2014 -0.46 IQ2014 -1.11 IVQ2013 1.23 IIIQ2013 -0.14 IIQ2013 -0.33 IQ2013 0.40 IVQ2012 +0.57 IIIQ2012 -0.08 IIQ2012 0.27 IQ2012 0.00
Japan	0.8 IQ2012 -2.0 IIQ2012 -1.9 IIIQ2012 -0.4 IVQ2012 1.5 IQ2013 -0.2 IIQ2013 -1.4 IIIQ2013 -2.2 IVQ2013 -0.7 IQ2014 4.0 IIQ2014 -0.3 IIIQ2014 1.5 IVQ2014 0.2 IQ2015 -0.5 IIQ2015 -0.6 IIIQ2015 0.1 IVQ2015 1.4 IQ2016 0.5 IIQ2016 1.2 IIIQ2016 1.4 IVQ2016 0.4 IQ2017 -0.9 IIQ2017 2.1 IIIQ2017 -0.3 IVQ2017 0.4 IQ2018 0.0 IIQ2018 -0.7 IIIQ2018 -1.7 IVQ2018 1.8 IQ2019 -1.1 IIQ2019 -1.0 IIIQ2019 1.9 IVQ2019
Germany	IQ2012 0.8 IIQ2012 0.3 IIIQ2012 0.4 IVQ2012 -0.5 IQ2013 -0.3 IIQ2013 -0.3 IIIQ2013 0.0 IVQ2013 0.9 IQ2014 -0.2 IIQ2014 -0.2 IIIQ2014 0.8 IVQ2014 0.1 IQ2015 -0.5 IIQ2015 0.8 IIIQ2015 -0.3 IVQ2015 -0.7 IQ2016 -0.3 IIQ2016 0.7 IIIQ2016 -0.3 IVQ2016 -0.5 IQ2017 0.7 IIQ2017 -0.2 IIIQ2017 0.4 IVQ2017 0.2 IQ2018 0.0 IIQ2018 -0.2 IIIQ2018 -0.9 IVQ2018 0.0 IQ2019 0.2
France	0.1 IIIQ2012 0.1 IVQ2012 -0.1 IQ2013 0.3 IIQ2013 -1.7 IIIQ2013 0.1 IVQ2013 -0.1 IQ2014 -0.2 IIQ2014 -0.2 IIIQ2014 0.2 IVQ2014 -0.2 IQ2015 0.4 IIQ2015 -0.6 IIIQ2015 -0.7 IVQ2015 -0.1 IQ2016 0.3 IIQ2016 -0.6 IIIQ2016 0.1 IVQ2016 -0.6 IQ2017 0.9 IIQ2017 -0.3 IIIQ2017 0.6 IVQ2017 0.0 IQ2018 0.0 IIQ2018 0.3 IIIQ2018 0.2 IVQ2018 -0.3 IQ2019 0.0 IIQ2019 -0.4 IIIQ2019
UK	0.7 IIQ2013 -1.7 IIIQ2013 0.1 IVQ2013 0.8 IQ2014 0.3 IIQ2014 -0.7 IIIQ2014 0.0 IVQ2014 -0.4 IQ2015 1.1 IIQ2015 -0.4 IIIQ2015 -0.2 IVQ2015 -0.1 IQ2016 0.1 IIQ2016 -1.8 IIIQ2016 1.7 IVQ2016 0.33 IQ2017 0.01 IIQ2017
	0.11
	IIIQ2017 -0.14 IVQ2017 0.02 IQ2018 -0.26 IIQ2018 0.44 IIIQ2018 -1.00 IVQ2018 -2.69 IQ2019 2.89 IIQ2019 1.40 IIIQ2019 1.56 IVQ2019

Sources: Country Statistical Agencies

https://www.bls.gov/bls/other.htm https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs/about/related-sites.html

The geographical breakdown of exports and imports of Japan with selected regions and countries is in Table V-5 for Jan 2020. The share of Asia in Japan’s trade is close to one-half for 51.9 percent of exports and 50.2 percent of imports. Within Asia, exports to China are 16.5 percent of total exports and imports from China 25.7 percent of total imports. While exports of Japan to China decreased 6.4 percent in the 12 months ending in Jan 2020, imports from China decreased 5.7 percent. The largest export market for Japan in Jan 2020 is the US with share of 19.4 percent of total exports, which is close to that of China, and share of imports from the US of 10.1 percent in total imports. Japan’s exports to the US decreased 7.7 percent in the 12 months ending in Jan 2020 and imports from the US decreased 11.5 percent. Western Europe has share of 12.8 percent in Japan’s exports and of 12.4 percent in imports. Rates of growth of exports of Japan in Jan 2020 are minus 7.7 percent for exports to the US, minus 0.4 percent for exports to Brazil and minus 5.4 percent for exports to Germany. Comparisons relative to 2011 may have some bias because of the effects of the Tōhoku or Great East Earthquake and Tsunami of Mar 11, 2011. Deceleration of growth in China and the US and threat of recession in Europe can reduce world trade and economic activity. Growth rates of imports in the 12 months ending in Jan 2020 are mixed. Imports from Asia decreased 2.9 percent in the 12 months ending in Jan 2020 while imports from China decreased 5.7 percent. Data are in millions of yen, which may have effects of recent depreciation of the yen relative to the United States dollar (USD) and revaluation of the dollar relative to the euro with multiple oscillations.

Table V-5, Japan, Value and 12-Month Percentage Changes of Exports and Imports by Regions and Countries, ∆% and Millions of Yen

Jan 2020	Exports Millions of Yen	12 months ∆%	Imports Millions of Yen	12 months ∆%
Total	5,430,510	-2.6	6,743,141	-3.6
Asia	2,817,751 % Total 51.9	-3.2	3,385,611 % Total 50.2	-2.9
China	896,572 % Total 16.5	-6.4	1,735,106 % Total 25.7	-5.7
USA	1,051,844 % Total 19.4	-7.7	682,618 % Total 10.1	-11.5
Canada	81,110	27.7	89,658	-10.6
Brazil	30,355	-0.4	84,106	52.9
Mexico	87,747	-8.0	55,265	-3.9
Western Europe	697,523 % Total 12.8	-0.7	834,481 % Total 12.4	-2.2
Germany	162,579	-5.4	209,016	-9.1
France	52,579	-5.3	92,040	2.4
UK	145,494	20.3	69,958	-7.0
Middle East	175,334	8.4	810,553	8.3
Australia	122,374	2.9	387,816	-17.1

Source: Japan, Ministry of Finance http://www.customs.go.jp/toukei/info/index_e.htm

World trade projections of the IMF are in Table V-6. There is decreasing growth of the volume of world trade of goods and services from 3.6 percent in 2018 to 1.1 percent in 2019, stabilizing to 3.2 percent in 2020. Growth stabilizes at 3.3 percent on average from 2018 to 2024. World trade would be slower for advanced economies while emerging and developing economies (EMDE) experience faster growth. World economic slowdown would be more challenging with lower growth of world trade.

Table V-6, IMF, Projections of World Trade, USD Billions, USD/Barrel and Annual ∆%

	2018	2019	2020	Average ∆% 2018-2024
World Trade Volume (Goods and Services)	3.6	1.1	3.2	3.3
Exports Goods & Services	3.4	1.3	3.1	3.5
Imports Goods & Services	3.8	1.0	3.3	3.4
Exports Goods & Services
G7	2.6	0.7	2.2	2.5
EMDE	3.9	1.9	4.1	4.1
Imports Goods & Services
G7	3.2	1.5	2.6	2.7
EMDE	5.1	0.7	4.3	4.3
Terms of Trade Goods & Services
G7	-0.7	0.6	0.3	0.0
EMDE	1.5	-1.3	-1.1	-0.2
World Crude Oil Price $/Barrel	68.3	61.8	57.9	58.3

Crude Oil: Simple Average of three spot prices: Dated Brent, West Texas Intermediate and the Dubai Fateh

Source: International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook databank

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2019/02/weodata/index.aspx

The JP Morgan Global Composite Output Index of the JP Morgan Manufacturing and Services PMI^™, produced by JP Morgan and HIS Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM, with high association with world GDP, increased to 52.2 in Jan from 51.6 in Dec, indicating expansion at faster rate (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/97474782886548d5a983316e86820ced). This index has remained above the contraction territory of 50.0 during 88 consecutive months. The employment index increased from 50.9 in Dec to 51.1 in Jan with input prices increasing at faster rate, new orders increasing at faster rate and output increasing at faster rate (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/97474782886548d5a983316e86820ced). Olya Borichevska, from Global Economic Research at JP Morgan, finds improving growth (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/97474782886548d5a983316e86820ced). The JP Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI^™, produced by JP Morgan and IHS Markit in association with ISM and IFPSM, increased to 50.4 in Jan from 50.1 in Dec (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/8484b7934c3a4cdaa0296c176c51b21d). New export orders decreased. Olya Borichevska, from Global Economic Research at JP Morgan, finds indications of weak growth (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/8484b7934c3a4cdaa0296c176c51b21d).The Markit Brazil Composite Output Index increased from 50.9 in Dec to 52.2 in Jan, indicating expansion in activity of Brazil’s private sector (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/be3cb1058cce42059e59610172183de9). The Markit Brazil Services Business Activity index, compiled by Markit, increased from 51.0 in Dec to 52.7 in Jan indicating expanding services activity (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/be3cb1058cce42059e59610172183de9). Pollyanna De Lima, Principal Economist at Markit, finds expanding activity (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/be3cb1058cce42059e59610172183de9). The HIS Markit Brazil Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index^TM (PMI^™) increased from 50.2 in Dec to 51.0 in Jan, indicating manufacturing above neutral 50.0 (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/7c25c864ae9a482c83f09fe0dc8526e3). Pollyanna De Lima, Principal Economist at Markit, finds stronger manufacturing (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/7c25c864ae9a482c83f09fe0dc8526e3).

VA United States. The HIS Markit Flash US Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index^™ (PMI^™) seasonally adjusted decreased to 50.8 in Feb from 51.9 in Jan (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/2ea84928c5d74262bbe387ec2b19d337). New export orders increased. The HIS Markit Flash US Services PMI™ Business Activity Index decreased from 53.4 in Jan to 49.4 in Feb (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/2ea84928c5d74262bbe387ec2b19d337). The IHS Markit Flash US Composite PMI™ Output Index decreased from 53.3 in Jan to 49.6 in Feb (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/2ea84928c5d74262bbe387ec2b19d337). Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at IHS Markit, finds that the surveys are consistent with quarterly GDP growth at 0.6 percent (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/6ebd936f39444bf799f2c696d6bd1755). The HIS Markit US Composite PMI™ Output Index of Manufacturing and Services increased to 53.3 in Jan from 52.7 in Dec (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/04e2048757f041809269f2eeeb864499). The HIS Markit US Services PMI™ Business Activity Index increased from 52.8 in Dec to 53.4 in Jan (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/04e2048757f041809269f2eeeb864499). Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at IHS Markit, finds the indexes suggesting growth close to annualized 2.0 percent (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/04e2048757f041809269f2eeeb864499). The HIS Markit US Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index^™ (PMI^™) decreased to 51.9 in Jan from 52.4 in Dec (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/4142ce46c8db4639b996828fb6c37000). New foreign orders decreased. Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at HIS Markit, finds weakening growth (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/4142ce46c8db4639b996828fb6c37000). The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Report on Business^® decreased 0.9-percentage points from 48.1 in Nov to 47.2 in Dec, which indicates contracting growth (https://www.instituteforsupplymanagement.org/ISMReport/MfgROB.cfm). The index of new export orders decreased 0.6 percentage points from 47.9 in Nov to 47.3 in Dec. The Non-Manufacturing ISM Report on Business^® PMI increased 1.1 percentage points from 53.9 in Nov to 55.0 in Dec, indicating growth of business activity/production during 119 consecutive months, while the index of new orders decreased 2.2 percentage points from 57.1 in Nov to 54.9 in Dec (https://www.instituteforsupplymanagement.org/ISMReport/NonMfgROB.cfm). Table USA provides the country economic indicators for the US.

Table USA, US Economic Indicators

Consumer Price Index	Dec 12 months NSA ∆%: 2.3; Ex food and energy ∆%: 2.3 Dec month SA ∆%: 0.2; Ex food and energy ∆%: 0.1 Blog 1/19/20 WIW 2/2/20
Producer Price Index	Finished Goods Dec 12-month NSA ∆%: 1.9; ex food and energy ∆% 1.6 Dec month SA ∆% 0.4; ex food and energy ∆%: 0.1 Final Demand Dec 12-month NSA ∆%: 1.3; ex food and energy ∆% 1.1 Dec month SA ∆% 0.1; ex food and energy ∆%: 0.1 Blog 1/19/20 WIW 2/2/20
PCE Inflation	Dec 12-month NSA ∆%: headline 1.6 ex food and energy ∆% 1.6 Blog 2/9/20
Employment Situation	Household Survey: Jan Unemployment Rate SA 3.6% Blog calculation People in Job Stress Jan: 21.0 million NSA, 12.2% of Labor Force Establishment Survey: Jan Nonfarm Jobs 225,000; Private 206,000 jobs created Dec 12-month Average Hourly Earnings Inflation Adjusted ∆%: 0.6 Blog 2/9/20
Nonfarm Hiring	Nonfarm Hiring fell from 64.9 million in 2006 to 59.0 million in 2014 or by 5.9 million and to 63.7 million in 2016 or by 1.2 million. Nonfarm hiring increased to 68.9 million in 2018 or 4.0 million relative to 2006 while population grew 28.976 million. Private-Sector Hiring Dec 2019 4.159 million higher by 13.9 percent than 3.652 million in Dec 2006 while population grew 30.115 million or 13.1 percent Blog 2/16/20
GDP Growth	BEA Revised National Income Accounts IQ2012/IQ2011 ∆%: 2.7 IIQ2012/IIQ2011 2.4 IIIQ2012/IIIQ2011 2.5 IVQ2012/IVQ2011 1.5 IQ2013/IQ2012 1.6 IIQ2013/IIQ2012 1.3 IIIQ2013/IIIQ2012 1.9 IVQ2013/IVQ2012 2.6 IQ2014/IQ2013 1.4 IIQ2014/IIQ2013 2.7 IIIQ2014/IIIQ2013 3.1 IVQ2014/IVQ2013 2.9 IQ2015/IQ2014 4.0 IIQ2015/IIQ2014 3.4 IIIQ2015/IIIQ2014 2.4 IVQ2015/IVQ2014 1.9 IQ2016/IQ2015 1.6 IIQ2016/IIQ2015 1.3 IIIQ2016/IIIQ2015 1.6 IVQ2016/IVQ2015 2.0 IQ2017/IQ2016 2.1 IIQ2017/IIQ2016 2.2 IIIQ2017/IIIQ2016 2.4 IVQ2017/IVQ2016 2.8 IQ2018/IQ2017 2.9 IIQ2018/IIQ2017 3.2 IIIQ2018/IIIQ2017: 3.1 IVQ2018/IVQ2017 2.5 IQ2019/IQ2018 2.7 IIQ2019/IIQ2018 2.3 IIIQ2019/IIIQ2018 2.1 IVQ2019/IVQ2018 2.3 IQ2012 SAAR 3.2 IIQ2012 SAAR 1.7 IIIQ2012 SAAR 0.5 IVQ2012 SAAR 0.5 IQ2013 SAAR 3.6 IIQ2013 SAAR 0.5 IIIQ2013 SAAR 3.2 IVQ2013 SAAR 3.2 IQ2014 SAAR -1.1 IIQ2014 SAAR 5.5 IIIQ2014 SAAR 5.0 IVQ2014 SAAR 2.3 IQ2015 SAAR 3.2 IIQ2015 SAAR: 3.0 IIIQ2015 SAAR: 1.3 IVQ2015 SAAR: 0.1 IQ2016 SAAR: 2.0 IIQ2016 SAAR: 1.9 IIIQ2016 SAAR: 2.2 IVQ2016 SAAR 2.0 IQ2017 SAAR 2.3 IIQ2017 SAAR 2.2 IIIQ2017 SAAR 3.2 IVQ2017 SAAR 3.5 IQ2018 SAAR 2.5 IIQ2018 SAAR 3.5 IIIQ2018 SAAR 2.9 IVQ2018 SAAR 1.1 IQ2019 SAAR 3.1 IIQ2019 SAAR 2.0 IIIQ2019 SAAR 2.1 IVQ2019 SAAR 2.1 Blog 2/2/20
Real Private Fixed Investment	SAAR IVQ2019 ∆% 0.1 IVQ2007 to IVQ2019: ∆%26.7 Blog 2/2/20
Corporate Profits	IIIQ2019 SAAR: Corporate Profits -0.2; Undistributed Profits 3.6 Blog 1/5/20
Personal Income and Consumption	Dec month ∆% SA Real Disposable Personal Income (RDPI) SA ∆% 0.2 Real Personal Consumption Expenditures (RPCE): 0.1 12-month Dec NSA ∆%: RDPI: 2.0; RPCE ∆%: 3.3 Blog 2/9/20
Quarterly Services Report	IVQ19/IVQ18 NSA ∆%: Information 5.7 Financial & Insurance 3.9 Earlier Data: Blog 3/22/15
Employment Cost Index	Compensation Private IIIQ2019 SA ∆%: 0.8 Sep 12 months ∆%: 2.7 Earlier Data: Blog 2/1/15
Industrial Production	Jan month SA ∆%: -0.3 12 months SA ∆%: -0.8 Manufacturing Jan SA -0.1 ∆% Jan 12 months SA ∆% minus 0.8, NSA minus 0.8 Capacity Utilization: 76.8 Blog 2/23/20
Productivity and Costs	Nonfarm Business Productivity IVQ2019∆% SAAE 1.4; IVQ2019/IVQ2018 ∆% 1.8; Unit Labor Costs SAAE IVQ2019 ∆% 1.4; IVQ2019/IVQ2018 ∆%: 2.4 Blog 2/16/20
New York Fed Manufacturing Index	General Business Conditions from Jan 4.8 to Feb 12.9 New Orders: From Jan 6.6 to Feb 22.1 Blog 2/23/20
Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Index	General Index from Jan 17.0 to Feb 36.7 New Orders from Jan 18.2 to Feb 33.6 Blog 2/23/20
Manufacturing Shipments and Orders	Dec Orders SA ∆% 1.8 Ex Transport 0.6 Jan-Dec 19/Jan-Dec 18 NSA New Orders ∆% -0.6 Ex transport 0.3 Earlier data: Blog 4/5/15
Durable Goods	Dec New Orders SA ∆%: 2.4; ex transport ∆%: minus 0.1 Jan-Dec 19/Jan-Dec 18 New Orders NSA ∆%: -1.5 ex transport ∆% 0.3 Earlier Data: Blog 4/26/15
Sales of New Motor Vehicles	IIQ2018 4,500,220; IIQ2017 4,419,349. Jan 20 Total Light Vehicles NSA 1130.4 thousand decreasing 0.2% from 1133.2 thousand in Jan 2019. Jan 20 SAAR 16.8 million, Dec 19 SAAR 16.6 million, Jan 19 SAAR 16.7 million Blog 9/9/18 12/9/18 2/9/20
Sales of Merchant Wholesalers	Jan-Dec 2019/Jan-Dec 2018 NSA ∆%: Total 0.6; Durable Goods: -0.1; Nondurable Goods: 1.1 EARLIER DATA: Blog 4/12/15
Sales and Inventories of Manufacturers, Retailers and Merchant Wholesalers	Dec 19 12-M NSA ∆%: Sales Total Business 3.2; Manufacturers 0.6 Retailers 5.9; Merchant Wholesalers 3.2 Blog 2/23/20
Sales for Retail and Food Services	Jan 2020/Jan 2019 ∆%: Retail and Food Services 4.6; Retail ∆% 4.1 Blog 2/23/20
Value of Construction Put in Place	SAAR month SA Dec ∆%: minus 0.2 Jan-Dec 19/Jan-Dec 18 NSA: minus 0.3 Earlier Data: Blog 4/5/15
Case-Shiller Home Prices	National Nov ∆% SA 0.5 National Nov 12M ∆% 3.5 Blog 2/2/20
FHFA House Price Index Purchases Only	Nov SA ∆% 0.2; 12-month NSA ∆%: 4.9 Blog 1/5/20
New House Sales	Dec month SAAR ∆%: -0.4 Jan-Dec 2019/Jan-Dec 2018 NSA ∆%: 10.4 Blog 2/2/20
Housing Starts and Permits	Jan Starts month SA ∆% -3.6; Permits ∆%: 9.2 Jan 2020/Jan 2019 NSA ∆% Starts 21.4; Permits ∆% 17.9 Earlier Data: Blog 4/19/15
Rate of Homeownership	IVQ2019 65.1 IIIQ2019: 64.8 Blog 2/16/20
Trade Balance	Balance Dec SA -$48,880 million versus Nov -$43,691 million Exports Dec SA ∆%: 0.8 Imports Dec SA ∆%: 2.7 Goods Exports Jan-Dec 2019/Jan-Dec 2018 NSA ∆%: minus 1.2 Goods Imports Jan-Dec 2019/Jan-Dec 2018 NSA ∆%: minus 1.7 Blog 2/9/20
Export and Import Prices	Jan 12-month NSA ∆%: Imports 0.3; Exports 0.5 Earlier Data: Blog 4/12/15
International Terms of Trade	IVQ2019 110.101 IVQ1947 150.474 2018 108.690 1929 142.590 Blog 2/2/20
Consumer Credit	Dec ∆% annual rate: Total 6.3; Revolving 14.0 Nonrevolving 3.7 Earlier Data: Blog 5/10/15
Net Foreign Purchases of Long-term Treasury Securities	Dec Net Foreign Purchases of Long-term US Securities: $59.9 billion Major Holders of Treasury Securities: China $1069.9 billion; Japan $1154.9 billion; Total Foreign US Treasury Holdings Dec $6696.3 billion Blog 2/23/20
Treasury Budget	Fiscal Year 2020/2019 ∆% Jan: Receipts 6.1; Outlays 10.3 Individual Income Taxes 5.5 Deficit Fiscal Year 2011 $1,300 billion Deficit Fiscal Year 2012 $1,087 billion Deficit Fiscal Year 2013 $680 billion Deficit Fiscal Year 2014 $485 billion Deficit Fiscal Year 2015 $439 billion Deficit Fiscal Year 2016 $585 billion Deficit Fiscal Year 2017 $665 billion Deficit Fiscal Year 2018 $779 billion Deficit Fiscal Year 2019 $984 billion Blog 2/23/20
CBO Budget and Economic Outlook	2012 Deficit $1087 B 6.8% GDP Debt $11,281 B 70.4% GDP 2013 Deficit $680 B, 4.1% GDP Debt $11,983 B 72.6% GDP 2014 Deficit $485 B 2.8% GDP Debt $12,780 B 74.1% GDP 2015 Deficit $438 B 2.4% GDP Debt $13,117 B 72.9% GDP 2016 Deficit $585 3.2% GDP Debt $14,168.4 B 76.7% GDP 2017 Deficit $665 3.5% GDP Debt $14,665 76.5% GDP 2028 Deficit $1,526 B, 5.1 % GDP Debt $28,671 B 96.2% GDP 2048: Long-term Debt/GDP 152.0% Blog 8/26/12 11/18/12 2/10/13 9/22/13 2/16/14 8/24/14 9/14/14 3/1/15 6/21/15 1/3/16 4/10/16 7/24/16 1/8/17 4/2/17 10/14/18
Commercial Banks Assets and Liabilities	Sep 2019 SAAR ∆%: Securities 21.0 Loans 2.2 Cash Assets -36.6 Deposits 7.9 Blog 10/20/19
Flow of Funds Net Worth of Families and Nonprofits	IIIQ2019 ∆ since 2007 Assets +$45,117.0 BN Nonfinancial +$8,699.7 BN Real estate +$7,114.8 BN Financial +$36,417.3 BN Net Worth +$43,235.4 BN Net Worth IVQ2018/IIIQ2018 ∆% -3.5 Corporate Equity ∆% -16.1 Blog 1/12/20
Current Account Balance of Payments and Net International Investment Position	Current Account IIIQ2019 NSA minus $143,051 MM % GDP 2.3 SA NIIP IIIQ2019: Minus $10,949 B Blog 9/23/2018 2/10/2018 3/31/2019 7/7/2019 9/29/2019 11/3/2019 1/19/20
Collapse of United States Dynamism of Income Growth and Employment Creation	Blog 1/26/20
Squeeze of Economic Activity by Carry Trades	Blog 2/23/19
IMF View	World Real Economic Growth 2020 ∆% 3.4 Blog 11/3/19
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in the United States	43.123 Million Below Poverty in 2015, 13.5% of Population Median Family Income CPI-2015 Adjusted $56,516 in 2015 back to 1999 Levels Uncovered by Health Insurance 28.966 Million in 2015 Blog 9/25/16
Monetary Policy and Cyclical Valuation of Risk Financial Assets	Blog 1/7/2018
Rules versus Discretionary Authorities in Monetary Policy	Blog 1/1/2017

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2/9/2020 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/increasing-valuations-of-risk-financial.html

2/2/2020 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/decreasing-valuations-of-risk-financial.html

1/26/20 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/declining-valuations-of-risk-financial.html

1/19/20 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/rising-valuations-of-risk-financial.html

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12/29/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/12/diverging-economic-conditions-and.html

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11/24/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/11/oscillating-risk-financial-assets-world.html

11/17/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/11/increasing-valuations-of-risk-financial_16.html

11/10/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/11/increasing-valuations-of-risk-financial.html

11/3/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/11/decrease-of-fomc-policy-rate-monetary.html

10/27/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/increasing-valuations-of-risk-financial_26.html

10/20/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/dollar-depreciation-fluctuating.html

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10/6/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/volatility-of-valuations-of-risk.html

9/29/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/dollar-appreciation-decreasing.html

9/22/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/uncertain-fomc-outlook-of-monetary.html

9/15/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/competitive-exchange-rate-and-interest.html

9/8/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/increase-in-valuations-of-risk.html

9/1/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/revaluation-of-us-dollar-falling-yields.html

8/25/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/contraction-of-valuations-of-risk.html

8/18/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/global-decline-of-yields-of-government.html

8/11/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/competitive-exchange-rate-policies.html

8/4/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/dollar-appreciation-contraction-of.html

7/28/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/dollar-appreciation-in-anticipations-of.html

7/21/2019 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/global-manufacturing-stress-world.html

7/14/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/fomc-uncertain-outlook-frank-h-knights.html

7/7/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/twenty-million-unemployed-or.html

6/30/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/mediocre-cyclical-united-states.html

6/23/2019 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/fomc-outlook-uncertainty-central-bank.html

6/16/2019 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/recovery-without-hiring-ten-million.html

5/5/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/05/fluctuating-valuations-of-risk.html

4/21/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/04/increasing-valuations-of-risk-financial.html

3/31/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/03/inverted-yield-curve-of-treasury_30.html

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11/4/18 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/contraction-of-valuations-of-risk.html

1/7/18 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2018/01/twenty-three-million-unemployed-or.html

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12/24/17 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2017/12/mediocre-cyclical-united-states_23.html

10/29/17 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2017/10/dollar-revaluation-and-increase-of.html

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1/15/17 http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2017/01/unconventional-monetary-policy-and.html

1/1/17 http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2017/01/rules-versus-discretionary-authorities.html

12/25/16 http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2016/12/mediocre-cyclical-united-states.html

10/16/16 http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2016/10/imf-view-of-world-economy-and-finance.html

9/25/16 http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-economic-outlook-is-inherently.html

7/24/16 http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/unresolved-us-balance-of-payments.html

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4/19/2015 http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2015/04/global-portfolio-reallocations-squeeze.html

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9/14/14 http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/geopolitics-monetary-policy-and.html

8/24/14 http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/monetary-policy-world-inflation-waves.html

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2/10/13 http://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/united-states-unsustainable-fiscal.html

Table VA-1 provides the value of total sales of US business (manufacturers, retailers and merchant wholesalers) and monthly and 12-month percentage changes. Sales of manufacturers increased 0.5 percent in Dec and increased 0.3 percent in Nov, increasing 0.6 percent in the 12 months ending in Dec 2019. Sales of retailers changed 0.0 percent in Dec and increased 0.3 percent in Nov, increasing 5.9 percent in 12 months. Sales of merchant wholesalers decreased 0.7 percent in Dec, increasing 0.9 percent in Nov and increasing 3.2 percent in 12 months. Total business sales decreased 0.1 percent in Dec and increased 0.5 percent in Nov, increasing 3.2 percent in the 12 months ending in Dec 2019.

Table VA-1, US, Percentage Changes for Sales of Manufacturers, Retailers and Merchant Wholesalers

	Dec 19/Nov 19 ∆% SA	Dec 2019 Millions of Dollars NSA	Nov 19/ Oct 19 ∆% SA	Dec 19/ Dec 18 ∆% NSA
Total Business	-0.1	1,524,283	0.5	3.2
Manufacturers	0.5	492,966	0.3	0.6
Retailers	0.0	529,635	0.3	5.9
Merchant Wholesalers	-0.7	501,682	0.9	3.2

Source: US Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/mtis/index.html

Chart VA-1 of the US Census Bureau provides total US sales of manufacturing, retailers and wholesalers seasonally adjusted (SA) in millions of dollars. The series with adjustment evens fluctuations following seasonal patterns. There is sharp recovery from the global recession in a robust trend, which is mixture of price and quantity effects because data are not adjusted for price changes. There is stability in the final segment with subdued prices with data not adjusted for price changes. There is recovery in the recent segment with occasional vacillation.

Chart VA-1, US, Total Business Sales of Manufacturers, Retailers and Merchant Wholesalers, SA, Millions of Dollars, Jan 1992-Dec 2019

Source: US Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/mtis/index.html

Chart VA-2 of the US Census Bureau provides total US sales of manufacturing, retailers and wholesalers not seasonally adjusted (NSA) in millions of dollars. The series without seasonal adjustment shows sharp jagged behavior because of monthly fluctuations following seasonal patterns. There is sharp recovery from the global recession in a robust trend, which is mixture of price and quantity effects because data are not adjusted for price changes. There is stability in the final segment with monthly marginal weakness in data without adjustment for price changes with following recovery.

Chart VA-2, US, Total Business Sales of Manufacturers, Retailers and Merchant Wholesalers, NSA, Millions of Dollars, Jan 1992-Dec 2019

Source: US Census Bureau

https://www.census.gov/mtis/index.html

Businesses added cautiously to inventories to replenish stocks. Retailers’ inventories changed 0.0 percent in Dec 2019 and decreased 0.9 percent in

Nov with growth of 1.0 percent in 12 months, as shown in Table VA-2. Total business increased inventories 0.1 percent in Dec, decreasing 0.2 percent in Nov and increasing 2.1 percent in 12 months. Inventories sales/ratios of total business continued at a level close to 1.30 under careful management to avoid costs and risks, changing to 1.39 in Dec 2019. Inventory/sales ratios of manufacturers and retailers are higher than for merchant wholesalers. There is stability in inventory/sales ratios in individual months and relative to a year earlier with increase at the margin.

Table VA-2, US, Percentage Changes for Inventories of Manufacturers, Retailers and Merchant Wholesalers and Inventory/Sales Ratios

Inventory Change	Dec 19 Millions of Dollars NSA	Dec 19/Nov 19 ∆% SA	Nov 19/ Oct 19 ∆% SA	Dec 19/Dec 18 ∆% NSA
Total Business	2,011,563	0.1	-0.2	2.1
Manufacturers	686,156	0.5	0.3	3.0
Retailers	650,465	0.0	-0.9	1.0
Merchant Wholesalers	674,942	-0.2	0.1	2.1
Inventory/ Sales Ratio	Dec 19 Millions of Dollars NSA	Dec 2019 SA	Nov 2019 SA	Dec 2018 SA
Total Business	2,011,563	1.40	1.39	1.39
Manufacturers	686,153	1.40	1.40	1.35
Retailers	650,465	1.43	1.43	1.49
Merchant Wholesalers	674,942	1.36	1.36	1.34

US Census Bureau

https://www.census.gov/mtis/index.html

Chart VA-3 of the US Census Bureau provides total business inventories of manufacturers, retailers and merchant wholesalers seasonally adjusted (SA) in millions of dollars from Jan 1992 to Dec 2019. The impact of the two recessions of 2001 and IVQ2007 to IIQ2009 is evident in the form of sharp reductions in inventories. Inventories have surpassed the peak before the global recession. Data are not adjusted for price changes.

Chart VA-3, US, Total Business Inventories of Manufacturers, Retailers and Merchant Wholesalers, SA, Millions of Dollars, Jan 1992-Dec 2019

Source: US Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/mtis/index.html

Chart VA-4 provides total business inventories of manufacturers, retailers and merchant wholesalers not seasonally adjusted (NSA) from Jan 1992 to Dec 2019 in millions of dollars. The recessions of 2001 and IVQ2007 to IIQ2009 are evident in the form of sharp reductions of inventories. There is sharp upward trend of inventory accumulation after both recessions. Total business inventories are higher than in the peak before the global recession.

Chart VA-4, US, Total Business Inventories of Manufacturers, Retailers and Merchant Wholesalers, NSA, Millions of Dollars, Jan 1992-Dec 2019

Source: US Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/mtis/index.html

Inventories follow business cycles. When recession hits sales inventories pile up, declining with expansion of the economy. In a fascinating classic opus, Lloyd Meltzer (1941, 129) concludes:

“The dynamic sequences (i) through (6) were intended to show what types of behavior are possible for a system containing a sales output lag. The following conclusions seem to be the most important:

(i) An economy in which business men attempt to recoup inventory losses will always undergo cyclical fluctuations when equilibrium is disturbed, provided the economy is stable.

This is the pure inventory cycle.

(2) The assumption of stability imposes severe limitations upon the possible size of the marginal propensity to consume, particularly if the coefficient of expectation is positive.

(3) The inventory accelerator is a more powerful de-stabilizer than the ordinary acceleration principle. The difference in stability conditions is due to the fact that the former allows for replacement demand whereas the usual analytical formulation of the latter does not. Thus, for inventories, replacement demand acts as a de-stabilizer. Whether it does so for all types of capital goods is a moot question, but I believe cases may occur in which it does not.

(4) Investment for inventory purposes cannot alter the equilibrium of income, which depends only upon the propensity to consume and the amount of non-induced investment.

(5) The apparent instability of a system containing both an accelerator and a coefficient of expectation makes further investigation of possible stabilizers highly desirable.”

Chart VA-5 shows the increase in the inventory/sales ratios during the recession of 2007-2009. The inventory/sales ratio fell during the expansions. The inventory/sales ratio declined to a trough in 2011, climbed and then stabilized at current levels in 2012, 2013 and 2015 with increase into 2015-2016 and then decreasing at the margin from 2016 into 2017-2019.

Chart VA-5, Total Business Inventories/Sales Ratios 2008 to 2019

https://www.census.gov/mtis/img/mtisbrf.gif

Sales of retail and food services increased 0.3 percent in Jan 2020 after increasing 0.2 percent in Dec 2019 seasonally adjusted (SA), growing 4.6 percent in Jan 2020 relative to Jan 2019 not seasonally adjusted (NSA), as shown in Table VA-3. Excluding motor vehicles and parts, retail sales increased 0.3 percent in Jan 2020, increasing 0.6 percent in Dec 2019 SA and increasing 4.3 percent NSA in Jan 2020 relative to a year earlier. Sales of motor vehicles and parts increased 0.2 percent in Jan 2020 after decreasing 1.7 percent in Dec 2019 SA and increasing 5.9 percent NSA in Jan 2020 relative to a year earlier. Gasoline station sales decreased 0.5 percent SA in Dec 2020 after increasing 1.7 percent in Dec 2019 in oscillating prices of gasoline that are moderating, increasing 10.6 percent in Jan 2020 relative to a year earlier.

Table VA-3, US, Percentage Change in Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services, ∆%

	Jan ∆% SA	Dec ∆% SA	Jan 2020 Million Dollars NSA	Jan 2020 from Jan 2019 ∆% NSA
Retail and Food Services	0.3	0.2	480,162	4.6
Excluding Motor Vehicles and Parts	0.3	0.6	386,574	4.3
Motor Vehicles & Parts Dealers	0.2	-1.7	93,588	5.9
Retail	0.1	0.0	418,479	4.1
Building Materials	2.1	1.3	26,896	-1.4
Food and Beverage	0.2	0.5	65,166	2.9
Grocery	0.3	0.6	59,302	3.0
Health & Personal Care Stores	-0.4	-0.4	28,724	-1.9
Clothing & Clothing Accessories Stores	-3.1	2.7	16,290	-0.7
Gasoline Stations	-0.5	1.7	40,052	10.6
General Merchandise Stores	0.5	0.4	53,105	3.3
Food Services & Drinking Places	1.2	1.2	61,683	8.2

Source: US Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/retail/index.html

Chart VA-6 provides monthly percentage changes of sales of retail and food services. There is significant monthly volatility that prevents identification of clear trends.

Chart VA-6, US, Monthly Percentage Change of Retail and Food Services Sales, Jan 1992-Jan 2020

Source: US Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/retail/index.html

Chart VA-7 of the US Census Bureau provides total sales of retail trade and food services seasonally adjusted (SA) from Jan 1992 to Jan 2020 in millions of dollars. The impact on sales of the shallow recession of 2001 was much milder than the sharp contraction in the global recession from IVQ2007 to IIQ2009. There is flattening in the final segment of the series followed by another increase/decrease. Data are not adjusted for price changes.

Chart VA-7, US, Total Sales of Retail Trade and Food Services, SA, Jan 1992-Jn 2020, Millions of Dollars

Source: US Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/retail/index.html

Chart VA-8 of the US Census Bureau provides total sales of retail trade and food services seasonally adjusted (NSA) from Jan 1992 to Jan 2020 in millions of dollars. Data are not adjusted for price changes.

Chart VA-8, US, Total Sales of Retail Trade and Food Services, NSA, Jan 1992-Jan 2020, Millions of Dollars

Source: US Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/retail/index.html

Table VI-7C provides additional information required for understanding the deficit/debt situation of the United States. The table is divided into four parts: Treasury budget in the 2020 fiscal year beginning on Oct 1, 2019 and ending on Sep 30, 2020; federal fiscal data for the years from 2009 to 2019; federal fiscal data for the years from 2005 to 2008; and Treasury debt held by the public from 2005 to 2018. Receipts increased 6.1 percent in the cumulative fiscal year 2020 ending in Jan 2020 relative to the cumulative in fiscal year 2019. Individual income taxes increased 5.5 percent relative to the same fiscal period a year earlier. Outlays increased 5.5 percent relative to a year earlier. There are also receipts, outlays, deficit and debt for fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. In fiscal year 2019, the deficit reached $984 billion or 4.6 percent of GDP. Outlays of 4,447 billion were 20.9 percent of GDP and receipts of $3,462 billion were 16.3 percent of GDP. It is quite difficult for the US to raise receipts above 18 percent of GDP. Total revenues of the US from 2009 to 2012 accumulate to $9022 billion, or $9.0 trillion, while expenditures or outlays accumulate to $14,115 billion, or $14.1 trillion, with the deficit accumulating to $5094 billion, or $5.1 trillion. Revenues decreased 6.5 percent from $9653 billion in the four years from 2005 to 2008 to $9022 billion in the years from 2009 to 2012. Decreasing revenues were caused by the global recession from IVQ2007 (Dec) to IIQ2009 (Jun) and by growth of only 2.3 percent on average in the cyclical expansion from IIIQ2009 to IVQ2019. In contrast, the expansion from IQ1983 to IIQ1993 was at the average annual growth rate of 3.6 percent and at 7.9 percent from IQ1983 to IVQ1983 (https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/decreasing-valuations-of-risk-financial.html and earlier https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/fluctuating-valuations-of-risk.html). Because of mediocre GDP growth, there are 21.0 million unemployed or underemployed in the United States for an effective unemployment/underemployment rate of 12.2 percent (https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/increasing-valuations-of-risk-financial.html and earlier https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/rising-valuations-of-risk-financial.html). Weakness of growth and employment creation is analyzed in II Collapse of United States Dynamism of Income Growth and Employment Creation (https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/). In contrast with the decline of revenue, outlays or expenditures increased 30.2 percent from $10,839 billion, or $10.8 trillion, in the four years from 2005 to 2008, to $14,115 billion, or $14.1 trillion, in the four years from 2009 to 2012. Increase in expenditures by 30.2 percent while revenue declined by 6.5 percent caused the increase in the federal deficit from $1186 billion in 2005-2008 to $5094 billion in 2009-2012. Federal revenue was 14.9 percent of GDP on average in the years from 2009 to 2012, which is well below 17.4 percent of GDP on average from 1968 to 2017. Federal outlays were 23.3 percent of GDP on average from 2009 to 2012, which is well above 20.3 percent of GDP on average from 1968 to 2017. The lower part of Table VI-7C shows that debt held by the public swelled from $5803 billion in 2008 to $13,117 billion in 2015, by $7314 billion or 126.0 percent. Debt held by the public as percent of GDP or economic activity jumped from 39.4 percent in 2008 to 77.8 percent in 2018, which is well above the average of 40.7 percent from 1968 to 2017. The United States faces tough adjustment because growth is unlikely to recover, creating limits on what can be obtained by increasing revenues, while continuing stress of social programs restricts what can be obtained by reducing expenditures.

Table VI-7C, US, Treasury Budget in Fiscal Year to Date Million Dollars

Jan 2020	Fiscal Year 2020	Fiscal Year 2019	∆%
Receipts	1,178,800	1,111,217	6.1
Outlays	1,567,985	1,421,469	10.3
Deficit	-389,185	-310,252
Individual Income Tax	601,518	569,931	5.5
Corporation Income Tax	75,905	59,863	26.8
Social Insurance	300,840	284,130	5.9
	Receipts	Outlays	Deficit (-), Surplus (+)
$ Billions
Fiscal Year 2019	3,462	4,447	-984
% GDP	16.3	20.9	-4.6
Fiscal Year 2018	3,329	4,108	-779
% GDP	16.4	20.3	-3.8
Fiscal Year 2017	3,316	3,982	-665
% GDP	17.2	20.7	-3.5
Fiscal Year 2016	3,268	3,853	-585
% GDP	17.6	20.8	-3.2
Fiscal Year 2015	3,250	3,688	-439
% GDP	18.0	20.4	-2.4
Fiscal Year 2014	3,022	3,506	-485
% GDP	17.4	20.2	2.8
Fiscal Year 2013	2,775	3,455	-680
% GDP	16.7	20.8	-4.1
Fiscal Year 2012	2,450	3,537	-1,087
% GDP	15.3	22.0	-6.8
Fiscal Year 2011	2,304	3,603	-1,300
% GDP	15.0	23.4	-8.4
Fiscal Year 2010	2,163	3,457	-1,294
% GDP	14.6	23.3	-8.7
Fiscal Year 2009	2,105	3,518	-1,413
% GDP	14.6	24.4	-9.8
Total 2009-2012	9,022	14,115	-5,094
Average % GDP 2009-2012	14.9	23.3	-8.5
Fiscal Year 2008	2,524	2,983	-459
% GDP	17.1	20.2	-3.1
Fiscal Year 2007	2,568	2,729	-161
% GDP	18.0	19.1	-1.1
Fiscal Year 2006	2,407	2,655	-248
% GDP	17.6	19.5	-1.8
Fiscal Year 2005	2,154	2,472	-318
% GDP	16.8	19.3	-2.5
Total 2005-2008	9,653	10,839	-1,186
Average % GDP 2005-2008	17.4	19.5	-2.1
Debt Held by the Public	Billions of Dollars	Percent of GDP
2005	4,592	35.8
2006	4,829	35.4
2007	5,035	35.2
2008	5,803	39.4
2009	7,545	52.3
2010	9,019	60.8
2011	10,128	65.8
2012	11,281	70.3
2013	11,983	72.2
2014	12,780	73.7
2015	13,117	72.5
2016	14,168	76.4
2017	14,666	76.1
2018	15,751	77.8

Source: https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/reports-statements/mts/

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Risk aversion channels funds toward US long-term and short-term securities that finance the US balance of payments and fiscal deficits benefitting from risk flight to US dollar denominated assets. There are now temporary interruptions because of fear of rising interest rates that erode prices of US government securities because of mixed signals on monetary policy and exit from the Fed balance sheet of four trillion dollars of securities held outright. Net foreign purchases of US long-term securities (row C in Table VA-4) strengthened from $0.8 billion in Nov 2019 to $59.9 billion in Dec

2019. Foreign residents’ purchases minus sales of US long-term securities (row A in Table VA-4) in Nov 2019 of $8.1 billion strengthened to $60.7 billion in Dec 2019. Net US (residents) purchases of long-term foreign securities (row B in Table VA-4) strengthened from $19.1 billion in Nov 2019 to $24.9 billion in Dec 2019. Other transactions (row C2 in Table VA-4) changed from minus $26.3 billion in Nov 2019 to minus $25.7 billion in Dec 2019. In Dec 2019,

C = A + B + C2 = $60.7 billion + $24.9 billion - $25.7 billion = $59.9 billion.

There are minor rounding errors. There is strengthening demand in Table VA-4 in Dec 2019 in A1 private purchases by residents overseas of US long-term securities of $66.8 billion of which strengthening in A11 Treasury securities of $48.7 billion, weakening in A12 of $11.4 billion in agency securities, weakening of $17.1 billion of corporate bonds and strengthening of $23.8 billion in equities. Worldwide risk aversion causes flight into US Treasury obligations with significant oscillations. Official purchases of securities in row A2 decreased $6.1 billion with decrease of Treasury securities of $7.6 billion in Dec 2019. Official purchases of agency securities increased $4.5 billion in Nov 2019. Row D shows increase in Dec 2019 of $11.2 billion in purchases of short-term dollar denominated obligations. Foreign holdings of US Treasury bills decreased $7.8 billion (row D1) with foreign official holdings decreasing $5.0 billion while the category “other” increased $18.9 billion. Foreign private holdings of US Treasury bills decreased $2.7 billion in what could be arbitrage of duration exposures and international risks. Risk aversion of default losses in foreign securities dominates decisions to accept zero interest rates in Treasury securities with no perception of principal losses. In the case of long-term securities, investors prefer to sacrifice inflation and possible duration risk to avoid principal losses with significant oscillations

in risk perceptions.

Table VA-4, Net Cross-Borders Flows of US Long-Term Securities, Billion Dollars, NSA

	Dec 2018 12 Months	Dec 2019 12 Months	Nov 2019	Dec 2019
A Foreign Purchases less Sales of US LT Securities	162.5	177.4	8.1	60.7
A1 Private	262.6	390.3	16.8	66.8
A11 Treasury	184.2	197.6	-15.7	48.7
A12 Agency	140.2	191.7	12.9	11.4
A13 Corporate Bonds	61.0	21.3	10.2	-17.1
A14 Equities	-122.7	-20.3	9.4	23.8
A2 Official	-100.1	-212.9	-8.7	-6.1
A21 Treasury	-178.9	-332.2	-23.9	-7.6
A22 Agency	89.9	108.4	15.4	4.5
A23 Corporate Bonds	-4.1	-5.8	0.6	-1.3
A24 Equities	-7.0	16.8	-0.9	-1.7
B Net US Purchases of LT Foreign Securities	368.6	207.4	19.1	24.9
B1 Foreign Bonds	324.8	156.0	13.0	20.3
B2 Foreign Equities	43.9	51.4	6.1	4.5
C1 Net Transactions	531.1	384.8	27.1	85.6
C2 Other	-74.4	-241.2	-26.3	-25.7
C Net Foreign Purchases of US LT Securities	456.7	143.6	0.8	59.9
D Increase in Foreign Holdings of Dollar Denominated Short-term
US Securities & Other Liab	424.5	46.7	9.1	11.2
D1 US Treasury Bills	43.5	-40.4	-16.8	-7.8
D11 Private	45.6	6.1	-2.3	-2.7
D12 Official	-2.1	-46.6	-14.5	-5.0
D2 Other	380.9	87.1	25.9	18.9

C1 = A + B; C = C1+C2

A = A1 + A2

A1 = A11 + A12 + A13 + A14

A2 = A21 + A22 + A23 + A24

B = B1 + B2

D = D1 + D2

Sources: United States Treasury

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/ticpress.aspx

http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl2609.aspx

Table VA-5 provides major foreign holders of US Treasury securities. China is the second largest holder with $1069.9 billion in Dec 2019, decreasing 1.8 percent from $1089.2 billion in Nov 2019 while decreasing $54.4 billion from Dec 2018 or 4.8 percent. The United States Treasury estimates US government debt held by private investors at $13,740 billion in Jun 2019 (Fiscal Year 2019). China’s holding of US Treasury securities represents 7.8 percent of US government marketable interest-bearing debt held by private investors (https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/reports-statements/treasury-bulletin/). Min Zeng, writing on “China plays a big role as US Treasury yields fall,” on Jul 16, 2014, published in the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/articles/china-plays-a-big-role-as-u-s-treasury-yields-fall-1405545034?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj), finds that acceleration in purchases of US Treasury securities by China has been an important factor in the decline of Treasury yields in 2014. Japan increased its holdings from $1039.7 billion in Dec 2018 to $1154.9 billion in Dec 2019 or 11.1 percent. The combined holdings of China and Japan in Dec 2019 add to $2224.8 billion, which is equivalent to 16.2 percent of US government marketable interest-bearing securities held by investors of $13,740 billion in Jun 2019 (Fiscal Year 2019) (https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/reports-statements/treasury-bulletin/). Total foreign holdings of Treasury securities increased from $6200.3 billion in Nov 2018 to $6780.8 billion in Nov 2019, or 9.4 percent. The US continues to finance its fiscal and balance of payments deficits with foreign savings (see Pelaez and Pelaez, The Global Recession Risk (2007)). Professor Martin Feldstein, at Harvard University, writing on “The Debt Crisis Is Coming Soon,” published in the Wall Street Journal on Mar 20, 2019 (https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-debt-crisis-is-coming-soon-11553122139?mod=hp_opin_pos3), foresees a US debt crisis with deficits moving above $1 trillion and debt above 100 percent of GDP. A point of saturation of holdings of US Treasury debt may be reached as foreign holders evaluate the threat of reduction of principal by dollar devaluation and reduction of prices by increases in yield, including possibly risk premium. Shultz et al (2012) find that the Fed financed three-quarters of the US deficit in fiscal year 2011, with foreign governments financing significant part of the remainder of the US deficit while the Fed owns one in six dollars of US national debt. Concentrations of debt in few holders are perilous because of sudden exodus in fear of devaluation and yield increases and the limit of refinancing old debt and placing new debt. In their classic work on “unpleasant monetarist arithmetic,” Sargent and Wallace (1981, 2) consider a regime of domination of monetary policy by fiscal policy (emphasis added):

“Imagine that fiscal policy dominates monetary policy. The fiscal authority independently sets its budgets, announcing all current and future deficits and surpluses and thus determining the amount of revenue that must be raised through bond sales and seignorage. Under this second coordination scheme, the monetary authority faces the constraints imposed by the demand for government bonds, for it must try to finance with seignorage any discrepancy between the revenue demanded by the fiscal authority and the amount of bonds that can be sold to the public. Suppose that the demand for government bonds implies an interest rate on bonds greater than the economy’s rate of growth. Then if the fiscal authority runs deficits, the monetary authority is unable to control either the growth rate of the monetary base or inflation forever. If the principal and interest due on these additional bonds are raised by selling still more bonds, so as to continue to hold down the growth of base money, then, because the interest rate on bonds is greater than the economy’s growth rate, the real stock of bonds will growth faster than the size of the economy. This cannot go on forever, since the demand for bonds places an upper limit on the stock of bonds relative to the size of the economy. Once that limit is reached, the principal and interest due on the bonds already sold to fight inflation must be financed, at least in part, by seignorage, requiring the creation of additional base money.”

Table VA-5, US, Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities $ Billions at End of Period

	Dec 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2018
Total	6696.3	6740.3	6271.1
Japan	1154.9	1160.8	1039.7
China	1069.9	1089.2	1124.3
United Kingdom	332.6	328.6	288.0
Brazil	281.9	293.4	303.2
Ireland	281.8	290.0	279.9
Luxembourg	254.6	262.1	230.6
Switzerland	237.5	233.4	229.9
Cayman Islands	230.5	222.4	225.6
Hong Kong	223.3	223.9	196.3
Belgium	210.2	205.1	185.1
Taiwan	193.1	188.6	157.3
Saudi Arabia	179.8	179.7	172.2
India	162.0	159.2	141.3
Singapore	147.9	150.6	120.8
Foreign Official Holdings	4077.6	4101.6	3956.8
A. Treasury Bills	268.6	273.6	315.1
B. Treasury Bonds and Notes	3809.1	3827.9	3641.6

Source: United States Treasury

http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/ticpress.aspx

http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/index.aspx

https://ticdata.treasury.gov/Publish/mfh.txt

VB Japan. The GDP of Japan grew at 1.0 percent per year on average from 1991 to 2002, with the GDP implicit deflator falling at 0.8 percent per year on average. The average growth rate of Japan’s GDP was 4 percent per year on average from the middle of the 1970s to 1992 (Ito 2004). Low growth in Japan in the 1990s is commonly labeled as “the lost decade” (see Pelaez and Pelaez, The Global Recession Risk (2007), 81-115). Table VB-GDP provides annual growth rates of Japan’s GDP from 1995 to 2019. Growth weakened from 2.7 per cent in 1995 and 3.1 percent in 1996 to contractions of 1.1 percent in 1998 and 0.3 percent in 1999. Growth rates were below 2 percent with exception of 2.8 percent in 2000 and 2.2 percent in 2004. Japan’s GDP contracted sharply by 1.1 percent in 2008 and 5.4 percent in 2009. As in most advanced economies, growth was robust at 4.2 percent in 2010 but mediocre at minus 0.1 percent in 2011 because of the tsunami and 1.5 percent in 2012. Japan’s GDP grew 2.0 percent in 2013 and nearly stagnated in 2014 at 0.4 percent. The GDP of Japan increased 1.2 percent in 2015 and 0.5 percent in 2016. Japan’s GDP increased at 2.2 percent in 2017. The GDP of Japan increased 0.3 percent in 2018. The GDP of Japan increased 0.7 percent in 2019. There is classic research on analyzing deviations of output from trend (see for example Schumpeter 1939, Hicks 1950, Lucas 1975, Sargent and Sims 1977). Japan’s real GDP in calendar year 2019 is 6.3 percent higher than in calendar year 2007 for growth at the average yearly rate of 0.5 percent. Japan’s real GDP grew 13.6 percent from the trough of 2009 to 2019 at the average yearly rate of 1.3 percent (https://www.cao.go.jp/index-e.html).

Table VB-GDP, Japan, Yearly Percentage Change of GDP ∆%

Calendar Year	∆%
1995	2.7
1996	3.1
1997	1.1
1998	-1.1
1999	-0.3
2000	2.8
2001	0.4
2002	0.1
2003	1.5
2004	2.2
2005	1.7
2006	1.4
2007	1.7
2008	-1.1
2009	-5.4
2010	4.2
2011	-0.1
2012	1.5
2013	2.0
2014	0.4
2015	1.2
2016	0.5
2017	2.2
2018	0.3
2019	0.7

Source: Source: Japan Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office

https://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2015/k150121a.pdf

Table VB-BOJF provides the forecasts of economic activity and inflation in Japan by the majority of members of the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan, which is part of their Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1504b.pdf) with changes on Jul 21, 2015 (https://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2015/k150121a.pdf). For fiscal 2015, the forecast is of growth of GDP between 1.5 to 2.1 percent, with the all items CPI less fresh food 0.2 to 1.2 to 3.3 percent (https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1504b.pdf). The critical difference is forecast of the CPI excluding fresh food of 0.2 to 1.2 percent in 2015 and 1.2 to 2.2 percent in 2016 (https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1504b.pdf). Consumer price inflation in Japan excluding fresh food was minus 0.4 percent in Mar 2014 and 2.2 percent in 12 months (http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1581.htm), significantly because of the increase of the tax on value added of consumption in Apr 2014. The new monetary policy of the Bank of Japan aims to increase inflation to 2 percent. These forecasts are biannual in Apr and Oct. The Cabinet Office, Ministry of Finance and Bank of Japan released on Jan 22, 2013, a “Joint Statement of the Government and the Bank of Japan on Overcoming Deflation and Achieving Sustainable Economic Growth” (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/k130122c.pdf) with the important change of increasing the inflation target of monetary policy from 1 percent to 2 percent:

“The Bank of Japan conducts monetary policy based on the principle that the policy shall be aimed at achieving price stability, thereby contributing to the sound development of the national economy, and is responsible for maintaining financial system stability. The Bank aims to achieve price stability on a sustainable basis, given that there are various factors that affect prices in the short run.

The Bank recognizes that the inflation rate consistent with price stability on a sustainable basis will rise as efforts by a wide range of entities toward strengthening competitiveness and growth potential of Japan's economy make progress. Based on this recognition, the Bank sets the price stability target at 2 percent in terms of the year-on-year rate of change in the consumer price index.

Under the price stability target specified above, the Bank will pursue monetary easing and aim to achieve this target at the earliest possible time. Taking into consideration that it will take considerable time before the effects of monetary policy permeate the economy, the Bank will ascertain whether there is any significant risk to the sustainability of economic growth, including from the accumulation of financial imbalances.”

The Bank of Japan also provided explicit analysis of its view on price stability in a “Background note regarding the Bank’s thinking on price stability” (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/data/rel130123a1.pdf http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/rel130123a.htm/). The Bank of Japan also amended “Principal terms and conditions for the Asset Purchase Program” (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/rel130122a.pdf): “Asset purchases and loan provision shall be conducted up to the maximum outstanding amounts by the end of 2013. From January 2014, the Bank shall purchase financial assets and provide loans every month, the amount of which shall be determined pursuant to the relevant rules of the Bank.”

Financial markets in Japan and worldwide were shocked by new bold measures of “quantitative and qualitative monetary easing” by the Bank of Japan (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/k130404a.pdf). The objective of policy is to “achieve the price stability target of 2 percent in terms of the year-on-year rate of change in the consumer price index (CPI) at the earliest possible time, with a time horizon of about two years” (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/k130404a.pdf). The main elements of the new policy are as follows:

Monetary Base Control. Most central banks in the world pursue interest rates instead of monetary aggregates, injecting bank reserves to lower interest rates to desired levels. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has shifted back to monetary aggregates, conducting money market operations with the objective of increasing base money, or monetary liabilities of the government, at the annual rate of 60 to 70 trillion yen. The BOJ estimates base money outstanding at “138 trillion yen at end-2012) and plans to increase it to “200 trillion yen at end-2012 and 270 trillion yen at end 2014” (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/k130404a.pdf).
Maturity Extension of Purchases of Japanese Government Bonds. Purchases of bonds will be extended even up to bonds with maturity of 40 years with the guideline of extending the average maturity of BOJ bond purchases from three to seven years. The BOJ estimates the current average maturity of Japanese government bonds (JGB) at around seven years. The BOJ plans to purchase about 7.5 trillion yen per month (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/rel130404d.pdf). Takashi Nakamichi, Tatsuo Ito and Phred Dvorak, wiring on “Bank of Japan mounts bid for revival,” on Apr 4, 2013, published in the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323646604578401633067110420.html), find that the limit of maturities of three years on purchases of JGBs was designed to avoid views that the BOJ would finance uncontrolled government deficits.
Seigniorage. The BOJ is pursuing coordination with the government that will take measures to establish “sustainable fiscal structure with a view to ensuring the credibility of fiscal management” (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/k130404a.pdf).
Diversification of Asset Purchases. The BOJ will engage in transactions of exchange traded funds (ETF) and real estate investment trusts (REITS) and not solely on purchases of JGBs. Purchases of ETFs will be at an annual rate of increase of one trillion yen and purchases of REITS at 30 billion yen.
Bank Lending Facility and Growth Supporting Funding Facility. At the meeting on Feb 18, the Bank of Japan doubled the scale of these lending facilities to prevent their expiration in the near future (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2014/k140218a.pdf).

Table VB-BOJF provides the forecasts of economic activity and inflation in Japan by the majority of members of the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan, which is part of their Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1701b.pdf) with changes on Feb 1, 2017 (https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1604b.pdf). On Jun 19, 2015, the Bank of Japan announced a “New Framework for Monetary Policy Meetings,” which provides for quarterly release of the forecasts of the economy and prices beginning in Jan 2016 (https://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2015/rel150619a.pdf). For fiscal 2015, the forecast is of growth of GDP between 0.7 to 0.7 percent, with the all items CPI less fresh food of 0.0 percent (https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1604b.pdf). The critical difference is forecast of the CPI excluding fresh food of 0.0 to 0.2 percent in 2016 and 1.8 to 3.0 percent in 2017 (https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1604b.pdf). Consumer price inflation in Japan excluding fresh food was 0.1 percent in Mar 2016 and minus 0.3 percent in 12 months (http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1581.htm). The CPI increased significantly because of the increase of the tax on value added of consumption in Apr 2014. The new monetary policy of the Bank of Japan aims to increase inflation to 2 percent. These forecasts are biannual in Apr and Oct. The Cabinet Office, Ministry of Finance and Bank of Japan released on Jan 22, 2013, a “Joint Statement of the Government and the Bank of Japan on Overcoming Deflation and Achieving Sustainable Economic Growth” (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/k130122c.pdf) with the important change of increasing the inflation target of monetary policy from 1 percent to 2 percent:

Monetary Base Control. Most central banks in the world pursue interest rates instead of monetary aggregates, injecting bank reserves to lower interest rates to desired levels. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has shifted back to monetary aggregates, conducting money market operations with the objective of increasing base money, or monetary liabilities of the government, at the annual rate of 60 to 70 trillion yen. The BOJ estimates base money outstanding at “138 trillion yen at end-2012) and plans to increase it to “200 trillion yen at end-2012 and 270 trillion yen at end 2014” (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/k130404a.pdf).
Maturity Extension of Purchases of Japanese Government Bonds. Purchases of bonds will be extended even up to bonds with maturity of 40 years with the guideline of extending the average maturity of BOJ bond purchases from three to seven years. The BOJ estimates the current average maturity of Japanese government bonds (JGB) at around seven years. The BOJ plans to purchase about 7.5 trillion yen per month (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/rel130404d.pdf). Takashi Nakamichi, Tatsuo Ito and Phred Dvorak, wiring on “Bank of Japan mounts bid for revival,” on Apr 4, 2013, published in the Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323646604578401633067110420.html), find that the limit of maturities of three years on purchases of JGBs was designed to avoid views that the BOJ would finance uncontrolled government deficits.
Seigniorage. The BOJ is pursuing coordination with the government that will take measures to establish “sustainable fiscal structure with a view to ensuring the credibility of fiscal management” (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2013/k130404a.pdf).
Diversification of Asset Purchases. The BOJ will engage in transactions of exchange traded funds (ETF) and real estate investment trusts (REITS) and not solely on purchases of JGBs. Purchases of ETFs will be at an annual rate of increase of one trillion yen and purchases of REITS at 30 billion yen.
Bank Lending Facility and Growth Supporting Funding Facility. At the meeting on Feb 18, the Bank of Japan doubled the scale of these lending facilities to prevent their expiration in the near future (http://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2014/k140218a.pdf).
Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with Negative Nominal Interest Rate. On January 29, 2016, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan introduced a new policy to attain the “price stability target of 2 percent at the earliest possible time” (https://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2016/k160129a.pdf). The new framework consists of three dimensions: quantity, quality and interest rate. The interest rate dimension consists of rates paid to current accounts that financial institutions hold at the Bank of Japan of three tiers zero, positive and minus 0.1 percent. The quantitative dimension consists of increasing the monetary base at the annual rate of 80 trillion yen. The qualitative dimension consists of purchases by the Bank of Japan of Japanese government bonds (JGBs), exchange traded funds (ETFs) and Japan real estate investment trusts (J-REITS).
Quantitative and Qualitative Easing with Yield Curve Control. The Bank of Japan introduced a new approach, QQE with Yield Curve Control (“Quantitative and Qualitative Easing with Yield Curve Control”) at its policy meeting on Sep 21, 2016 (https://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2016/k160921a.pdf). The policy consists of two measures. First “yield curve control” consists of controlling the long-term and short-term interest rates. The bank will fix the interest rates of policy balances held by financial institutions at the BOJ at minus 0.1 percent and will purchase Japanese Government Bonds (JGB) in the amount required to maintain the yield of the 10-year JGB at around zero percent. Second, “the inflation-overshooting commitment” consists of increasing base money to maintain the CPI price stability target above 2 percent.

Table VB-BOJF, Bank of Japan, Forecasts of the Majority of Members of the Policy Board, % Year on Year

Fiscal Year Date of Forecast	Real GDP	CPI All Items Less Fresh Food	Excluding Effects of Consumption Tax Hikes
2013
Apr 2014	+2.2 to +2.3 [+2.2]	+0.8
Jan 2014	+2.5 to +2.9 [+2.7]	+0.7 to +0.9 [+0.7]
Oct 2013	+2.6 to +3.0 [+2.7]	+0.6 to +1.0 [+0.7]
Jul 2013	+2.5 to +3.0 [+2.8]	+0.5 to +0.8 [+0.6]
2014
Apr 2015	-1.0 to -0.8 [-0.9]	+2.8	+0.8
Jan 2015	-0.6 to -0.4 [-0.5]	+2.9 to +3.2 [+2.9]	+0.9 to +1.2 [+0.9]
Oct 2014	+0.2 to +0.7 [+0.5]	+3.1 to +3.4 [+3.2]	+1.1 to +1.4 [+1.2]
Jul 2014	+0.6 to +1.3 [+1.0]	+3.2 to +3.5 [+3.3]	+1.2 to +1.5 [+1.3]
Apr 2014	+0.8 to +1.3 [+1.1]	+3.0 to +3.5 [+3.3]	+1.0 to +1.5 [+1.3]
Jan 2014	+0.9 to 1.5 [+1.4]	+2.9 to +3.6 [+3.3]	+0.9 to +1.6 [+1.3]
Oct 2013	+0.9 to +1.5 [+1.5]	+2.8 to +3.6 [+3.3]	+0.8 to +1.6 [+1.3]
Jul 2013	+0.8 to +1.5 [+1.3]	+2.7 to +3.6 [+3.3]	+0.7 to +1.6 [+1.3]
2015
Feb 2016	+0.7 to +0.7 [+0.7]	0.0
Jan 2016	+1.0 to +1.3 [+1.1]	0.0 to 0.2 [+0.1]
Oct 2015	+0.8 to +1.4 [+1.2]	0.0 to +0.4 [+0.1
Jul 2015	+1.5 to +1.9 [+1.7]	+0.3 to +1.0 [+0.7]
Apr 2015	+1.5 to +2.1 [+2.0]	+0.2 to 1.2 [+0.8]	+0.2 to 1.2 [+0.8]
Jan 2015	+1.8 to +2.3 [+2.1]	+0.4 to +1.3 [+1.0]	+0.4 to +1.3 [+1.0]
Oct 2014	+1.2 to +1.7 [+1.5]	+1.8 to 2.6 [+2.4]	+1.1 to +1.9 [+1.7]
Jul 2014	+1.2 to +1.6 [+1.5]	+1.9 to +2.8 [+2.6]	+1.2 to +2.1 [+1.9]
Apr 2014	+1.2 to +1.5 [+1.5]	+1.9 to +2.8 [+2.6]	+1.2 to +2.1 [+1.9]
Jan 2014	+1.2 to +1.8 [+1.5]	+1.7 to +2.9 [+2.6]	+1.0 to +2.2 [+1.9]
Oct 2013	+1.3 to +1.8 [+1.5]	+1.6 to +2.9 [+2.6]	+0.9 to +2.2 [+1.9]
Jul 2013	+1.3 to +1.9 [+1.5]	+1.6 to +2.9 [+2.6]	+0.9 to +2.2 [+1.9]
2016
Apr 2017	+1.4 to +1.4 [+1.4]	-0.3
Feb 2017	+1.2 to +1.5 [+1.4]	-0.2 to -0.1 [-0.2]
Jul 2016	+0.8 to +1.0 [+1.0]	0.0 to +0.3 [0.5]	0.0 to +0.3 [0.5]
Apr 2016	+0.8 to +1.4 [+1.2]	0.0 to +0.8 [+0.5]	0.0 to +0.8 [+0.5]
Jan 2016	+1.0 to +1.7 [+1.5]	0.2 to +1.2 [+0.8]
Oct 2015	+1.2 to +1.6 [+1.4]	+0.8 to +1.5 [+1.4]
Jul 2015	+1.5 to 1.7 [+1.5]	+1.2 to +2.1 [+1.9]
Apr 2015	+1.4 to +1.8 [+1.5]	+1.2 to +2.2 [+2.0]	+1.2 to +2.2 [+2.0]
Jan 2015	+1.5 to +1.7 [+1.6]	+1.5 to +2.3 [+2.2]	+1.5 to +2.3 [+2.2]
Oct 2014	+1.0 to +1.4 [+1.2]	+1.9 to 3.0 [+2.8]	+1.2 to 2.3 [+2.1]
Jul 2014	+1.0 to +1.5 [+1.3]	+2.0 to +3.0 [+2.8]	+1.3 to +2.3 [+2.1]
Apr 2014	+1.0 to +1.5 [+1.3]	+2.0 to +3.0 [+2.8]	+1.3 to +2.3 [+2.1]
2017
Apr 2017	+1.4 to +1.6 [+1.6]	+0.6 to +1.6 [+1.4]
Feb 2017	+1.3 to +1.6 [+1.5]	+0.8 to +1.6 [+1.5]
Jul 2016	1.0 to +1.5 [+1.3]	+0.8 to +1.8 [+1.7]	+0.8 to +1.8 [+1.7]
Apr 2016	0.0 to + +0.3 [+0.1]	1.8 to +3.0 [+2.7]	0.8 to +2.0 [+1.7
Jan 2016	+0.1 to + 0.5 [+0.3]	+2.0 to +3.1 [+2.8]	+ 1.0 to +2.1 [+1.8]
Oct 2015	+0.1 to +0.5 [+0.3]	+2.5 to +3.4 [+3.1]	+1.2 to 2.1 [+1.8]
Jul 2015	+0.1 to +0.5 [+0.2]	+2.7 to +3.4 [+3.1]	+1.4 to +2.1 [+1.8]
Apr 2015	+0.1 to +0.5 [+0.2]	+2.7 to +3.4 [+3.2]	+1.4 to +2.1 [+1.9]
2018
Apr 2017	+1.1 to +1.3 [+1.3]	+0.8 to +1.9 [+1.7]
Feb 2017	+1.0 to +1.2 [+1.1]	+0.9 to +1.9 [+1.7]
Jul 2016	+0.8 to +1.0 [+0.9]	+1.0 to +2.0 [+1.9]	+1.0 to +2.0 [+1.9]
Apr 2016	+0.6 to +1.2 [+1.0]	+1.0 to +2.1 [+1.9]	+1.0 to +2.1 [+1.9]
2019
Apr 2017	+0.6 to +0.7 [+0.7]	+1.4 to +2.5 [+2.4]	+0.9 to +2.0 [+1.9]

Figures in brackets are the median of forecasts of Policy Board members

Source: Policy Board, Bank of Japan

Figures in brackets are the median of forecasts of Policy Board members

Source: Policy Board, Bank of Japan

https://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/release_2014/k140715a.pdf

https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1504b.pdf

https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1510b.pdf

https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1601b.pdf

https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1604b.pdf

https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1607b.pdf

https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1701b.pdf

https://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outlook/gor1704b.pdf

The Jibun Bank Flash Japan Composite Output Index decreased from 50.1 in Jan to 47.0 in Feb (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/c31266ae77eb47a7aa7be24850ccb530). The Jibun Bank Flash Japan Services Business Activity Index decreased from 51.0 in Jan to 46.7 in Feb (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/c31266ae77eb47a7aa7be24850ccb530). The Jibun Bank Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI Index™ with the Flash Japan

Manufacturing PMI™ decreased from 48.8 in Jan to 47.6 in Feb

(https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/c31266ae77eb47a7aa7be24850ccb530). Joe Hayes, Economist at HIS

Markit, finds internal economy deteriorating conditions (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/c31266ae77eb47a7aa7be24850ccb530).The Jibun Bank Composite Output PMI Index increased from 48.6 in Nov to 50.1 in Jan, indicating moderate business activity (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/b34683660dc74d64a2dab511a1723219). The Jibun Bank Business Activity Index of Services increased to 51.0 in Jan from 49.4 in Dec (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/b34683660dc74d64a2dab511a1723219). Joe Hayes, Economist at IHS Markit, finds recovering conditions (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/b34683660dc74d64a2dab511a1723219). The Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index^™ (PMI™), seasonally adjusted, increased from 48.4 in Dec to 48.8 in Jan (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/2a2ae7ca8e3e443e8e0ac8caf14d5592). New orders decreased while new foreign orders decreased. Joe Hayes, Associate Economist at IHS Markit, finds weak conditions in manufacturing (https://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Home/PressRelease/2a2ae7ca8e3e443e8e0ac8caf14d5592). Table JPY provides the country data table for Japan.

Table JPY, Japan, Economic Indicators

Historical GDP and CPI	1981-2010 Real GDP Growth and CPI Inflation 1981-2010 Blog 8/9/11 Table 26
Corporate Goods Prices	Jan ∆% 0.2 12 months ∆% 1.7 Blog 2/16/20
Consumer Price Index	Jan NSA ∆% 0.1; Jan 12 months NSA ∆% 0.7 Blog 2/23/20
Real GDP Growth	IVQ2019 ∆%: -1.6 on IIIQ2019; IVQ2019 SAAR minus 6.3; ∆% from quarter a year earlier: minus 0.4 Blog 6/16/13 8/18/13 9/15/13 11/17/13 12/15/13 2/23/14 3/16/14 5/18/14 6/15/14 8/17/14 9/14/14 11/23/14 12/14/14 2/22/15 3/15/15 5/24/15 6/14/15 8/23/15 9/13/15 11/22/15 12/13/15 2/21/16 3/13/16 5/22/16 6/12/16 8/21/16 9/11/16 11/20/16 12/11/16 2/19/17 3/12/17 5/21/17 6/11/17 8/20/17 9/10/17 11/26/17 12/17/17 2/18/18 3/11/18 5/20/18 6/17/18 8/19/18 9/16/18 11/18/18 2/17/19 3/17/19 5/26/19 6/16/19 8/18/19 9/15/19 11/24/19 12/29/19 02/23/20
Employment Report	Dec Unemployed 1.45 million Change in unemployed since last year: -14 thousand Unemployment rate: 2.2% Blog 2/9/20
All Industry Indices	Dec month SA ∆% 0.0 12-month NSA ∆% -1.4 Earlier Data: Blog 4/26/15
Industrial Production	Dec SA month ∆%: 1.2 Dec 12-month NSA ∆% -3.1 Earlier Data: Blog 3/29/15
Machine Orders	Total Dec ∆% -9.7 Private ∆%: -9.7 Excluding Volatile Orders minus 12.5 Earlier Data: Blog 4/19/15
Tertiary Index	Dec month SA ∆% -0.2 Dec 12 months NSA ∆% -0.8 Earlier Data: Blog 4/26/15
Wholesale and Retail Sales	Dec 12 months: Total ∆%: -5.3 Wholesale ∆%: -6.6 Retail ∆%: -2.6 Earlier Data: Blog 3/29/15
Family Income and Expenditure Survey	Dec 12-month ∆% total nominal consumption -3.9, real -4.8 Earlier Data: Blog 3/29/15
Trade Balance	Exports Jan 2020 months ∆%: -2.6 Imports Dec 12 months ∆% -3.6 Earlier Data: Blog 4/26/15

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7/14/19 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/fomc-uncertain-outlook-frank-h-knights.html

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6/16/2019 https://cmpassocregulationblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/recovery-without-hiring-ten-million.html

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Japan’s economy grew 1.0 percent in IQ2014, seasonally adjusted, partly because of anticipation of purchases to avoid the increase in the tax on value added of consumption in Apr 2014, contracting 1.9 percent in IIQ2014, as shown in Table VB-1, incorporating the latest estimates and revisions. Japan’s GDP changed 0.1 percent in IIIQ2014 and grew 0.5 percent in IVQ2014. The GDP of Japan increased 1.4 percent in IQ2015 and increased 0.1

percent in IIQ2015. The GDP of Japan decreased 0.1 percent in IIIQ2015. Japan’s GDP contracted 0.4 percent in IVQ2015. The GDP of Japan increased 0.5 percent in IQ2016 and increased 0.1 percent in IIQ2016. Japan’s GDP increased 0.2 percent in IIIQ2016. The GDP of Japan increased 0.3 percent in IVQ2016, increasing 1.2 percent in IQ2017. Japan’s GDP increased 0.4 percent in IIQ2017 and increased 0.6 percent in IIIQ2017. The GDP of Japan increased 0.4 percent in IVQ2017. Japan’s GDP contracted 0.4 percent in IQ2018 and increased 0.5 percent in IIQ2018. Japan’s GDP contracted 0.8 percent in IIIQ2018. Japan’s GDP increased 0.5 percent in IVQ2018. Japan’s GDP increased 0.6 percent in IQ2019 and increased 0.5 percent in IIQ2019. Japan’s GDP increased 0.1 percent in IIIQ2019. Japan’s GDP contracted 1.6 percent in IVQ2019.The GDP of Japan changed 0.0 percent in IVQ2013 after growing 0.8 percent in IIIQ2013, 0.8 percent in IIQ2013 and 1.2 percent in IQ2013. Japan’s GDP increased 0.2 percent in IVQ2012 relative to IIIQ2012. GDP growth in IQ2012 was revised to 1.2 percent; IIQ2012 GDP growth was revised to minus 0.7 percent; and IIIQ2012 growth was revised to minus 0.4 percent. The economy of Japan had already weakened in IVQ2010 when GDP fell revised 0.8 percent. As in other advanced economies, Japan’s recovery from the global recession has not been robust. GDP fell 1.4 percent in IQ2011 and fell again 0.7 percent in IIQ2011 because of the disruption of the tragic Tōhoku or Great East Earthquake and Tsunami of Mar 11, 2011. Recovery was robust in the first two quarters of 2010 but GDP grew at 1.8 percent in IIIQ2010 and fell 0.8 percent in IVQ2010. The deepest quarterly contractions in the global recession were 2.4 percent in IVQ2008 and 4.8 percent in IQ2009. There is classic research on analyzing deviations of output from trend (see for example Schumpeter 1939, Hicks 1950, Lucas 1975, Sargent and Sims 1977). Using seasonally adjusted and price adjusted data (https://www.cao.go.jp/index-e.html), Japan’s GDP fell 8.6 percent from the pre-downturn peak of ¥506,857.6 million in IQ2008 to the lowest reading of ¥463,305.5 million in IQ2009. Japan’s GDP increased 4.8 percent from the pre-downturn peak of ¥506,857.6 million in IQ2008 to ¥531,244.0 million in IVQ2019 at the annual equivalent rate of 0.4 percent. GDP in Japan grew 14.7 percent from IIQ2009 to IVQ2019 at the annual equivalent rate of 1.3 percent, using the latest revision (https://www.cao.go.jp/index-e.html). The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) of the Cabinet Office of Japan revised the national accounts of Japan following the international standard of the national accounts. ESRI also changed the benchmark reference year from 2005 to 2011 (http://www.esri.cao.go.jp/en/sna/data/kakuhou/files/2015/pdf/20160930_2008sna.pdf http://www.esri.cao.go.jp/en/sna/data/sokuhou/files/2016/qe163_2/pdf/note_e.pdf). ESRI revised GDP since 1994 (http://www.esri.cao.go.jp/en/sna/data/sokuhou/files/2017/qe173_2/gdemenuea.html http://www.esri.cao.go.jp/en/sna/data/sokuhou/files/2017/qe173_2/pdf/note_e.pdf).

Table VB-1, Japan, Real GDP ∆% Changes from the Previous Quarter Seasonally Adjusted ∆%

	IQ	IIQ	IIIQ	IVQ
2019	0.6	0.5	0.1	-1.6
2018	-0.4	0.5	-0.8	0.5
2017	1.2	0.4	0.6	0.4
2016	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.3
2015	1.4	0.1	-0.1	-0.4
2014	1.0	-1.9	0.1	0.5
2013	1.2	0.8	0.8	0.0
2012	1.2	-0.7	-0.4	0.2
2011	-1.4	-0.7	2.5	-0.2
2010	0.9	1.3	1.8	-0.8
2009	-4.8	2.1	0.0	1.4
2008	0.3	-0.4	-1.3	-2.4
2007	0.7	0.1	-0.5	0.5
2006	0.2	0.3	-0.2	1.3
2005	0.5	0.7	1.0	0.2
2004	0.7	0.0	0.6	-0.2
2003	0.1	0.6	0.4	1.1
2002	0.2	0.7	0.3	0.3
2001	0.5	-0.5	-1.0	-0.3
2000	1.8	0.3	0.1	1.0
1999	-1.3	0.3	0.6	0.1
1998	-1.1	-0.4	0.2	0.8
1997	0.3	-0.7	0.2	0.0

Source: Japan Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office

Japan’s GDP contracted at 6.3 percent in IVQ2019 with contributions of 1.9 percent by Net trade (Trade), 0.2 percent by government expenditure (GOVC) and 0.5 percent by private inventory investment (PINV). Personal consumption expenditures (PC) deducted 6.3 percent and Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF subtracted 2.5 percent. Japan’s GDP grew at 0.5 percent in IIIIQ2019 with contributions of 0.7 percent by Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) and 0.6 percent by government expenditure (GOVC). Net trade (Trade) deducted 1.0 percent and private inventory investment (PINV) subtracted 0.8 percent. Personal consumption expenditures (PC) contributed 1.0 percent. The GDP of Japan grew at 1.9 percent in IIQ2019 with contributions of 0.8 percent by Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) and 1.3 percent by Personal consumption expenditures (PCE). Government expenditure (GOVC) contributed 1.3 percent. Net trade deducted 1.1 percent and private inventory investment (PINV) subtracted 0.3 percent.

Japan’s GDP grew at 2.6 percent in IQ2019 with contributions of 0.3 percent by Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) and 1.8 percent by net trade (Trade). Government expenditure (GOVC) deducted 0.3 percent and private inventory investment (PINV) added 0.7 percent. Personal consumption expenditures (PC) contributed 0.1 percent. Japan’s GDP grew at 2.1 percent in IVQ2018 with contributions of 0.5 percent by government expenditures (GOVC) and 0.8 percent by personal consumption expenditures (PC). Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) contributed 2.6 percent and private inventory investment (PINV) deducted 0.1 percent. Net Trade deducted 1.7 percentage points. The GDP of Japan contracted at minus 3.8 percent in IIIQ2018 with contribution of 0.1 percent by government expenditures (GOVC). Personal consumption (PC) deducted 0.5 percentage points and gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) deducted 3.1 percentage points. Net trade (Trade) deducted 0.7 percentage points and inventory investment (PINV) contributed 1.1 percentage points. The GDP of Japan grew at 1.8 percent in IIQ2018 with contributions of 0.5 percent by personal consumption (PC) and 1.6 percent by gross fixed capital formation (GFCF). Net trade (Trade) contributed 0.0 percentage points, inventory investment (PINV) deducted 0.4 percentage points and government expenditures (GOVC) contributed 0.1 percentage points. Japan’s GDP contracted at 1.6 percent in IQ2018 with contributions of 0.4 percent by Net Trade (Trade), 0.3 percent by government expenditures (GOVC) and minus 0.8 percent by personal consumption expenditures (PC). Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) deducted 0.2 percent and private inventory divestment (PINV) deducted 1.3 percent. The GDP of Japan grew at 1.6 percent in IVQ2017 with contributions of 1.0 percent by personal consumption (PC) and 0.5 percent by gross fixed capital formation (GFCF). Net trade (Trade) deducted 0.3 percentage points, inventory investment (PINV) contributed 0.2 percentage points and government expenditures (GOVC) contributed 0.1 percentage points. Japan’s GDP grew at 2.3 percent in IIIQ2017 with Net Trade (Trade) contributing 2.1 percentage points and inventory investment (PINV) adding 1.9 percentage points. Private consumption (PC) deducted 1.4 percentage points. Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) deducted 0.4 percentage points and government consumption (GOVC) contributed 0.2 percentage points. The GDP of Japan grew at 1.4 percent in IIQ2017 with contributions of 1.6 percent by personal consumption (PC), 1.3 percent by gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) and minus 0.4 percent by government expenditures (GOV). Net trade (Trade) deducted 0.9 percentage points and inventory divestment (PINV) subtracted 0.4 percentage points. The GDP of Japan grew at 4.8 percent in IQ2017 with contributions of 1.3 percent of gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), 0.4 percent of net exports (Trade) and 0.3 percent of government consumption (GOVC). Inventory investment (PINV) contributed 0.9 percent and personal consumption (PC) contributed 1.9 percent. The GDP of Japan grew at 1.1 percent in IVQ2016 with contributions of 0.7 percent of gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), 1.4 percent of net exports (Trade) and contribution of 0.0 percent of government consumption (GOVC). Inventory divestment (PINV) deducted 1.0 percent and personal consumption (PC) contributed 0.0 percent. Japan’s GDP grew at 0.9 percent in IIIQ2016 with contributions of 1.2 percent of personal consumption expenditures (PC), 1.2 percent of net trade (Trade) and 0.2 percent of government consumption expenditures (GOVC). Inventory divestment (PINV) deducted 1.9 percent and gross capital formation (GFCF) contributed 0.1 percent. The GDP of Japan grew at 0.6 percent in IIQ2016 with deduction of 1.1 percent by personal consumption expenditures. Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) contributed 0.2 percent and government consumption expenditures (GOVC) deducted 0.7 percent. Net trade (Trade) added 0.5 percent and change of private inventories (PINV) added 1.8 percent. Japan’s GDP grew at 2.1 percent in IQ2016 with contributions of 0.3 percent by personal consumption, 1.4 percent by trade and 0.9 percent by government. Gross fixed capital formation deducted 0.4 percent. The GDP of Japan grew at minus 1.5 percent in IVQ2015 with deduction of 1.5 percent by personal consumption (PC) expenditures and deduction of 0.4 percent by private inventories (PINV). Net trade contributed 0.1 percent and gross fixed capital formation deducted 0.4 percent. GDP grew at minus 0.3 percent in IIIQ2015 with contributions of 0.9 percent by personal consumption expenditures and 0.3 percentage points by government consumption. Net trade deducted 0.6 percent. Gross Fixed Capital Formation contributed 0.4 percentage points and inventory divestment deducted 1.2 percentage points. GDP grew at 0.5 percent in IIQ2015 with contribution of 0.0 percent by personal consumption expenditures and deduction of 0.5 percent of net exports. Goss fixed capital formation deducted 0.9 percentage points; government consumption expenditures contributed 0.0 percentage points; and inventory investment added 1.9 percentage points. GDP grew at 5.6 percent in IQ2015 with contributions of 1.2 percentage points by personal consumption expenditures, 2.3 percent by gross fixed capital formation and increase in inventory investment at 1.1 percent. Government expenditures increased at 0.7 percent while trade contributed 0.2 percentage points. GDP expanded at 2.0 percent in IVQ2014 with contribution of 0.6 percent by personal consumption expenditures, 1.5 percent by net trade and 0.2 percent by government consumption expenditures. Gross fixed capital formation added 0.9 percent and private inventory divestment deducted 1.0 percent. Japan grew at 0.3 percent in IIIQ2014 with contributions of 0.2 percentage points of GFCF and 1.7 percentage points by personal consumptions expenditure but deduction of 1.8 percentage points of inventory divestment. Traded deducted 0.3 percentage points and government added 0.4 percent. Japan’s GDP contracted at 7.4 percent in IIQ2014 with deductions of 11.4 percent by personal consumption and 3.5 percent by gross fixed capital formation. Trade added 4.0 percentage points and government expenditures deducted 0.4 percent. Inventory investment added 3.9 percent. The GDP of Japan expanded at 4.1 percent in IQ2014 with contributions of 4.7 percent by personal consumption and 1.6 percent of gross fixed capital formation. There were deductions of 0.7 percent by trade and 1.7 percent by inventory divestment. Government expenditures contributed 0.2 percent. The GDP of Japan decreased at 0.2 percent annual equivalent in IVQ2013 with deduction of personal consumption expenditures of 0.2 percent and growth of GFCF at 1.8 percent. Trade deducted 2.2 percentage points. Japan grew at 3.4 percent in IIIQ2013 with contribution of 1.0 percentage points by personal consumption and 2.7 percentage points by GFCF. Trade deducted 1.4 percentage points. Japan grew at 3.2 percent SAAR in IIQ2013 driven by contribution of 1.9 percent of personal consumption, deduction of 0.2 percent of net trade and contribution of gross fixed capital formation at 2.7 percent. In IQ2013, Japan’s GDP increased at the SAAR of 5.0 percent in large part because of 3.1 percent in personal consumption and 1.5 percent in trade. The SAAR of GDP in IVQ2012 was 1.0 percent: 1.1 percentage points from growth of personal consumption expenditures less 0.4 percentage points of net trade (exports less imports) less 0.3 percentage points of private inventory investment (PINV) plus 0.5 percentage points of government consumption and 0.1 percentage points of gross fixed capital formation. The SAAR of GDP in IIIQ2011 was revised to a high 10.3 percent. Net trade deducted from GDP growth in three quarters of 2011 and provided the growth impulse of 3.6 percentage points in IIIQ2011. Growth in 2011 and IQ2012 was driven by personal consumption expenditures that deducted 0.3 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2012 but contributed 1.1 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2012.

Table VB-2, Japan, Contributions to Changes in Real GDP, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates (SAAR), %

	GDP	PC	GFCF	Trade	PINV	GOVC
2019
I	2.6	0.1	0.3	1.8	0.7	-0.3
II	1.9	1.3	0.8	-1.1	-0.3	1.3
III	0.5	1.0	0.7	-1.0	-0.8	0.6
IV	-6.3	-6.3	-2.5	1.9	0.5	0.2
2018
I	-1.6	-0.8	-0.2	0.4	-1.3	0.3
II	1.8	0.5	1.6	0.0	-0.4	0.1
III	-3.2	-0.5	-3.1	-0.7	1.1	0.1
IV	2.1	0.8	2.6	-1.7	-0.1	0.5
2017
I	4.8	1.9	1.3	0.4	0.9	0.3
II	1.4	1.6	1.3	-0.9	-0.4	-0.3
III	2.3	-1.4	-0.4	2.1	1.9	0.2
IV	1.6	1.0	0.5	-0.3	0.2	0.1
2016
I	2.1	0.3	-0.4	1.4	-0.2	0.9
II	0.6	-1.1	0.2	0.5	1.8	-0.7
III	0.9	1.2	0.1	1.2	-1.9	0.2
IV	1.1	0.0	0.7	1.4	-1.0	0.0
2015
I	5.6	1.2	2.3	0.2	1.1	0.7
II	0.5	0.0	-0.9	-0.5	1.9	0.0
III	-0.3	0.9	0.4	-0.6	-1.2	0.3
IV	-1.5	-1.5	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	0.7
2014
I	4.1	4.7	1.6	-0.7	-1.7	0.2
II	-7.4	-11.4	-3.5	4.0	3.9	-0.4
III	0.3	1.7	0.2	-0.3	-1.8	0.4
IV	2.0	0.6	0.9	1.5	-1.0	0.2
2013
I	5.0	3.1	0.7	1.5	-0.1	0.0
II	3.2	1.9	2.7	-0.2	-2.4	1.0
III	3.4	1.0	2.7	-1.4	1.0	0.0
IV	-0.2	-0.2	1.8	-2.2	0.3	0.1
2012
I	4.9	1.0	0.9	0.8	1.2	0.9
II	-2.8	0.4	0.6	-2.0	-1.8	-0.3
III	-1.5	-0.3	-0.6	-1.9	1.1	0.3
IV	1.0	1.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.3	0.5
2011
I	-5.5	-4.2	0.6	-1.3	-1.2	0.4
II	-2.6	2.1	-0.5	-4.3	-0.2	0.3
III	10.4	3.7	1.5	3.6	1.1	0.3
IV	-0.7	1.2	1.7	-2.8	-0.8	0.2
2010
I	3.5	0.3	0.6	2.0	1.3	-0.8
II	5.5	2.3	-0.2	0.3	1.9	1.3
III	7.4	3.2	0.7	0.7	2.6	0.3
IV	-3.2	-3.1	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.3
2009
I	-17.7	-1.0	-4.3	-4.7	-8.3	0.2
II	8.6	2.6	-1.7	7.5	-1.1	1.1
III	0.2	1.7	-2.7	2.2	-1.8	0.9
IV	5.6	1.7	-0.6	2.8	1.3	0.4
2008
I	1.1	0.9	0.5	0.8	-1.3	0.1
II	-1.5	-2.2	-1.1	0.4	2.4	-0.9
III	-4.9	-0.7	-0.6	-0.1	-3.6	0.0
IV	-9.4	-3.3	-2.4	-10.4	6.3	0.3
2007
I	3.0	0.4	-0.2	1.1	1.3	0.4
II	0.5	1.4	-1.4	0.7	-0.9	0.5
III	-2.0	-2.1	-2.4	2.2	0.5	-0.1
IV	1.8	0.5	-1.3	1.2	0.9	0.5

Note: PC: Private Consumption; GFCF: Gross Fixed Capital Formation; PINV: Private Inventory; Trade: Net Exports; GOVC: Government Consumption

Source: Japan Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office

Table VB-3, Japan, Contributions to Changes in Real GDP, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates (SAAR), %

Long-term economic growth in Japan significantly improved by increasing competitiveness in world markets. Net trade of exports and imports is an important component of the GDP accounts of Japan. Table VB-3 provides quarterly data for net trade, exports and imports of Japan. Net trade had strong positive contributions to GDP growth in Japan in all quarters from IQ2007 to IIQ2009 with exception of IVQ2008, IIIQ2008 and IQ2009. The US recession is dated by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) as beginning in IVQ2007 (Dec) and ending in IIQ2009 (Jun) (https://www.nber.org/cycles.html). Net trade contributions helped to cushion the economy of Japan from the global recession. Net trade deducted from GDP growth in six of the nine quarters from IVQ2010 to IQ2012. The only strong contribution of net trade was 3.6 percent in IIIQ2011. Net trade added 0.8 percent in IQ2012, deducting 2.0 percent in IIQ2012. Net trade deducted 1.9 percent in IIIQ2012. Net traded deducted 0.4 percent in IVQ2012. Net trade added 1.5 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2013 but deducted 0.2 percentage points in IIQ2013, deducting 1.4 percentage points in IIIQ2013 and 2.2 percentage points in IVQ2013. Net trade deducted 0.7 percentage points from GDP growth in IQ2014. Net trade added 4.0 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2014 and deducted 0.3 percentage points in IIIQ2014. Net trade added 1.5 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2014. Net trade contributed 0.2 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2015 and deducted 0.5-percentage points in IIQ2015. Net trade deducted 0.6 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2015. Net trade contributed 0.1 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2015 and added 1.4 percentage points in IQ2016. Net trade contributed 0.5 percentage points to GDP growth in IIQ2016. Net trade added 1.2 percentage points to GDP growth in IIIQ2016 and contributed 1.4 percentage points in IVQ2016. Net trade contributed 0.4 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2017 and deducted 0.9 percentage points in IIQ2017. Net trade contributed 2.1 percentage points to GDP growth in IIIQ2017 and deducted 0.3 percentage-point in IVQ2017. Net trade contributed 0.4 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2018 and contributed 0.0 percentage points in IIQ2018. Net trade deducted 0.7 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2018 and deducted 1.7 percentage points in IVQ2018. Net trade contributed 1.8 percentage points to GDP growth in IQ2019 with export contraction deducting 1.4 percent and import contraction contributing 3.3 percent. Net trade deducted 1.1 percentage points from GDP growth in IIQ2019. Net trade deducted 1.0 percentage points from GDP growth in IIIQ2019. Net trade contributed 1.9 percentage points to GDP growth in IVQ2019 mostly by 1.9 percentage points of import contraction. Private consumption assumed the role of driver of Japan’s economic growth but should moderate as in most mature economies.

	Net Trade	Exports	Imports
2019
I	1.8	-1.4	3.3
II	-1.1	0.3	-1.4
III	-1.0	-0.5	-0.5
IV	1.9	-0.1	1.9
2018
I	0.4	0.7	-0.3
II	0.0	0.5	-0.5
III	-0.7	-1.7	1.0
IV	-1.7	1.2	-2.9
2017
I	0.4	1.4	-1.0
II	-0.9	0.0	-0.9
III	2.1	1.4	0.7
IV	-0.3	1.5	-1.8
2016
I	1.4	0.4	0.9
II	0.5	-0.4	0.9
III	1.2	1.5	-0.3
IV	1.4	2.0	-0.5
2015
I	0.2	0.9	-0.7
II	-0.5	-2.5	1.9
III	-0.6	1.7	-2.3
IV	0.1	-0.6	0.7
2014
I	-0.7	3.9	-4.6
II	4.0	0.8	3.1
III	-0.3	1.1	-1.3
IV	1.5	2.1	-0.6
2013
I	1.5	1.8	-0.3
II	-0.2	1.9	-2.1
III	-1.4	0.0	-1.3
IV	-2.2	-0.3	-2.0
2012
I	0.8	1.9	-1.1
II	-2.0	-0.6	-1.4
III	-1.9	-2.2	0.2
IV	-0.4	-2.0	1.6
2011
I	-1.3	-0.5	-0.7
II	-4.3	-4.6	0.4
III	3.6	5.5	-1.9
IV	-2.8	-1.7	-1.1
2010
I	2.0	3.3	-1.3
II	0.3	2.8	-2.5
III	0.7	1.7	-1.0
IV	-0.2	0.2	-0.4
2009
I	-4.7	-16.2	11.5
II	7.5	4.6	2.9
III	2.2	5.3	-3.1
IV	2.8	4.2	-1.4
2008
I	0.8	1.8	-0.9
II	0.4	-1.5	1.9
III	-0.1	0.1	-0.2
IV	-10.4	-9.2	-1.2
2007
I	1.1	1.6	-0.5
II	0.7	1.5	-0.8
III	2.2	1.7	0.5
IV	1.2	2.0	-0.8

Source: Japan Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office

Japan’s percentage growth of GDP not seasonally adjusted in a quarter relative to the same quarter a year earlier is in in Table VB-4. Contraction of GDP in a quarter relative to the same quarter a year earlier extended over seven quarters from IIQ2008 through IVQ2009. Contraction was sharpest in IQ2009 with output declining 8.8 percent relative to a year earlier. Yearly quarterly rates of growth of Japan were relatively high for a mature economy through the decade except for the contractions from IVQ2001 to IIQ2002 and after 2007. The Tōhoku or Great East Earthquake and Tsunami of Mar 11, 2011 caused slower GDP in IQ2011 at 0.8 percent relative to the same quarter a year earlier and decline of 1.0 percent in IIQ2011. GDP fell 0.4 percent in IIIQ2011 relative to a year earlier and increased 0.1 percent in IVQ2011 relative to a year earlier. Growth resumed with 3.1 percent in IQ2012 relative to a year earlier. Growth of 2.9 percent in IIQ2012 is largely caused by the low level in IIQ2011 resulting from the Tōhoku or Great East Earthquake and Tsunami of Mar 11, 2011. GDP decreased 0.1 percent in IIIQ2012 relative to a year earlier and increased 0.3 percent in IVQ2012 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.4 percent in IQ2013 relative to a year earlier and 1.9 percent in IIQ2013. Growth of 3.0 percent in IIIQ2013 relative to a year earlier is partly due to the decline of 0.4 percent in GDP in IIIQ2012. GDP increased 2.7 percent in IVQ2013 relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Japan increased 3.0 percent in IQ2014 relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP contracted 0.1 percent in IIQ2014 relative to a year earlier. GDP contracted 0.9 percent in IIIQ2014 relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP contracted 0.5 percent in IVQ2014 relative to a year earlier. GDP changed 0.0 percent relative to a year earlier in IQ2015 and increased 2.2 percent in IIQ2015 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 1.9 percent in IIIQ2015 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.9 percent in IVQ2015 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.2 percent in IQ2016 relative to a year earlier. GDP increased 0.2 percent in IIQ2016 relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Japan increased 0.5 percent in IIIQ2016 relative to a year earlier. In IVQ2016, Japan’s GDP increased 1.2 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 1.8 percent in IQ2017 relative to a year earlier. In IIQ2017, Japan’s GDP increased 2.0 percent relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Japan increased 2.4 percent in IIIQ2017 relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 2.5 percent in IVQ2017 relative to a year earlier. In IQ2018, the GDP of Japan increased 0.9 percent relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 1.0 percent in IIQ2018 relative to a year earlier and decreased 0.3 percent in IIIQ2018 relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Japan decreased 0.3 percent in IVQ2018 relative to a year earlier, increasing 0.8 percent in IQ2019 relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP increased 0.9 percent in IIQ2019 relative to a year earlier. The GDP of Japan increased 1.7 percent in IIIQ2019 relative to a year earlier. Japan’s GDP fell 0.4 percent in IVQ2019 relative to a year earlier. Japan faces the challenge of recovery from the devastation of the Tōhoku or Great East Earthquake and Tsunami of Mar 11, 2011 in an environment of declining world trade and bouts of risk aversion that cause appreciation of the Japanese yen, eroding the country’s competitiveness in world markets. There is classic research on analyzing deviations of output from trend (see for example Schumpeter 1939, Hicks 1950, Lucas 1975, Sargent and Sims 1977). Using price adjusted but not seasonally adjusted data (https://www.cao.go.jp/index-e.html), Japan’s GDP contracted 11.4 percent from the high in IVQ2007 to the low in IIQ2009. GDP increased 4.4 percent from IVQ2007 to IVQ2019 at the annual equivalent rate of 0.4 percent. Japan’s GDP grew 17.9 percent from IIIQ2009 to IVQ2019 at the annual equivalent rate of 1.5 percent.

Table VB-4, Japan, Real GDP ∆% Changes from Same Quarter Year Earlier, NSA ∆%

	IQ	IIQ	IIIQ	IVQ
2019	0.8	0.9	1.7	-0.4
2018	0.9	1.0	-0.3	-0.3
2017	1.8	2.0	2.4	2.5
2016	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.2
2015	0.0	2.2	1.9	0.9
2014	3.0	-0.1	-0.9	-0.5
2013	0.4	1.9	3.0	2.7
2012	3.1	2.9	-0.1	0.3
2011	0.8	-1.0	-0.4	0.1
2010	4.5	3.7	5.7	3.0
2009	-8.8	-6.4	-5.1	-1.3
2008	0.5	-0.2	-0.9	-3.7
2007	2.3	1.9	1.6	0.9
2006	2.4	1.4	0.3	1.6
2005	1.1	1.5	1.8	2.2
2004	3.2	2.2	2.4	1.0
2003	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.9
2002	-1.6	-0.2	0.9	1.3
2001	2.2	1.2	-0.1	-1.5
2000	3.3	2.8	2.4	2.6
1999	-0.5	-0.1	0.3	-0.7
1998	-1.5	-1.0	-1.3	-0.7
1997	2.8	1.0	1.0	-0.3

Source: Japan Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office