Business spending is evidently strong and will remain so for the rest of the year, driving overall economic growth.

The pace of consumer spending in the first half was too strong, so it will be slower in the second. The gradual increase in wages and decrease in unemployment will continue.

The latest current account surplus... confirmed the view that the economy is growing at a moderate pace.

Wage and labor conditions have been a lot stronger than expected. We expect the bank to end its zero-rate policy in the third quarter.

Expectations for higher interest rates are solid now. No one doubts that the Japanese economy is improving.

There's no doubt that the economy is emerging from deflation, and is at little risk of slipping back into it.