Good morning to all moomoo users!Here's an overview of this morning's turnaround. Thank you in advance.
Market Overview
Today's Nikkei Stock Average started at 39391.98 yen, 399.90 yen higher than the previous business day, and the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) started at 2722.61, 19.99 points higher.
Top news
Real wages fell 1.3% in February, negative for 23 consecutive months - high nominal growth for the first time in 8 months
Real wages in February, reflecting price fluctuations, fell below the previous year for 23 consecutive months. Although nominal wages grew at a high rate for the first time in 8 months, the negative range widened from the previous month. The main reason was that the effects of the government's measures against high prices went round and the inflation rate was boosted again.
Current account surplus boosted by 2.6 trillion yen car exports and visitors to Japan in February
According to the February balance of payments statistics (preliminary report) announced by the Ministry of Finance on the 8th, the current account balance showing the status of transactions of goods, services, etc. with overseas was a surplus of 2,644.2 billion yen. Automobile exports grew and the trade deficit narrowed, and an increase in visitors to Japan boosted the travel balance surplus.
Japan-US to contribute 110 million dollars to industry-government-academia framework through joint AI research
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