Japan's economy has continued to recover moderately, although exports and production are affected by the slowdown in emerging economies. Overseas economies --mainly advanced economies -- have continued to grow at a moderate pace, despite the slowdown in emerging economies. Exports and industrial production have recently been more or less flat, due mainly to the effects of the slowdown in emerging economies. On the domestic demand side, business fixed investment has been on a moderate increasing trend a s corporate profits have continued to improve markedly. Against the background of steady improvement in the ... (full story)