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Japan Personal Spending Drops the Least in 6 Months

Household spending in Japan fell 0.4% yoy in May 2026, following a 0.5% decline in the prior month and beating market expectations for a 2.5% fall.It marked the sixth straight month of contraction but the softest in the sequence, suggesting consumer spending was showing some resilience despite pers…

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Economy
NEWS reuters

Japan May household spending falls 0.4% year/year

Japanese household spending in May fell 0.4% from a year earlier, internal affairs ministry data showed on Tuesday, versus the median market forecast for a 2.5% drop.On a seasonally adjusted, month-on-month basis, spending increased 3.7%, versus an estimated 1.4% rise.To view the data on the websit…

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Economy
trading-economics

Japan Nominal Wage Growth Below Forecasts

Average cash earnings in Japan increased by 3.2% year-on-year in May 2026, slowing from an upwardly revised 3.6% rise in the previous month and coming in below market forecasts of 3.4%.It was the 53rd straight month of growth in nominal wages, though it slowed from the fastest pace in 16 months rec…

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Economy
trading-economics

Brent Pressured by Rising Supply

Brent traded around $72 per barrel on Tuesday, hovering near its lowest level in more than four months as signs of rising supply continued to weigh on prices, while vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz kept recovering.Reports showed that at least eight Japan-linked ships exited the strategic…

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Futures
dow-jones

Nikkei May Rise, Tracking Wall Street's Gains — Market Talk

Japanese stocks may rise, tracking Wall Street's gains overnight. Domestic technology equities are likely to get a boost from Monday's rise in the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, with the artificial-intelligence trade picking up again. Nikkei futures open 305 points higher at 70255 on the SGX. The dol…

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trading-economics

Oil Pressured by Rising Supply

Crude oil traded below $69 per barrel on Tuesday, hovering near its lowest level in more than four months as signs of rising supply continued to weigh on prices, while vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz kept recovering.Reports showed that at least eight Japan-linked ships exited the strate…

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Futures
dpa_afx

Rebound Anticipated For Japan Stock Market

TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - The Japanese stock market has finished lower in two of three trading days since the end of the three-day winning streak in which it had collected more than 1,100 points or 1.7 percent. The Nikkei 225 now sits just beneath the 69,750-point plateau although it's likely to bounce hig…

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