Advertisement
Singapore markets closed
  • Straits Times Index

    3,224.01
    -27.70 (-0.85%)
     
  • Nikkei

    40,168.07
    -594.66 (-1.46%)
     
  • Hang Seng

    16,541.42
    +148.58 (+0.91%)
     
  • FTSE 100

    7,952.62
    +20.64 (+0.26%)
     
  • Bitcoin USD

    70,727.05
    +1,834.41 (+2.66%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    885.54
    0.00 (0.00%)
     
  • S&P 500

    5,254.35
    +5.86 (+0.11%)
     
  • Dow

    39,807.37
    +47.29 (+0.12%)
     
  • Nasdaq

    16,379.46
    -20.06 (-0.12%)
     
  • Gold

    2,244.80
    +32.10 (+1.45%)
     
  • Crude Oil

    83.06
    +1.71 (+2.10%)
     
  • 10-Yr Bond

    4.2060
    +0.0100 (+0.24%)
     
  • FTSE Bursa Malaysia

    1,530.60
    -7.82 (-0.51%)
     
  • Jakarta Composite Index

    7,288.81
    -21.28 (-0.29%)
     
  • PSE Index

    6,903.53
    +5.36 (+0.08%)
     

Japan to slightly revise up economic view in July - government officials

A woman, wearing protective mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks on an almost empty street in the Dotonbori entertainment district of Osaka

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is likely to revise its economic assessment up slightly at its monthly report for July, government officials said, nodding to growing signs the economy is gradually emerging from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The change in assessment, which would be the second straight month of upgrade, would reflect a rebound in service-sector sentiment and signs of recovery in exports to China, the officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to speak publicly.

In June, the government said that the economy was in a severe state but that it was showing signs of bottoming out.

(Reporting by Yoshifumi Takemoto, writing by Leika Kihara; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)