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World Business climate Index
Japan out of storm in December
February, 2010
Reo TAKAKU
Sumio SARUYAMA (Senior Economist)
 The JCER World Business Climate Index stood at -16.8 in December, increasing for the eighth consecutive month. Japan has been rainy from stormy for the first time in 14 months and China,India and Taiwan have been sunny. By regions, NIEs and BRICs have been partly sunny, improving rapidly. On the other hand, US , EU, Rusia and Singapore have been still stormy. Although China have been sunny for the preliminey estimates for January in a row, US have been stormy.

*We have published the estimates of Japan's monthly GDP for December.
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About the JCER World Business Climate Index(PDF)

The JCER World Business Climate Index (Weather Map in December)