Opinions on Economic and Financial Developments Economic Developments: • Japan's economy has recovered moderately and is likely to continue to do so. However, there remain extremely high uncertainties surrounding economic activity and prices. • Japan's economy has continued to recover moderately on the whole; although firms' business fixed investment has been somewhat weak due to subdued external demand, private consumption has continued on an expanding trend, albeit moderately. • The domestic economy has been resilient on the whole. Although production activity has been more or less flat since orders from overseas ... (full story)