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Economic news(2022/08/07)


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Substandard vegetables affected by extreme heat Sold by vendors to reduce "food loss"

2022-08-07 15:57:00
Efforts to reduce so-called "food loss" by selling non-standard vegetables that have become uneven in size and shape due to the effects of this summer's heat wave are spreading among food vendors.

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This year's GDP for the first time in two quarters from April to June will be positive or the spread prevention will be lifted

2022-08-07 11:29:00
The preliminary report of GDP = Gross Domestic Product for the three months from April to June will be announced on August 15th. Prior to the target period, priority measures such as epidemic prevention were lifted, and service consumption such as eating out is recovering.

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[Economic column]

2022-08-07 01:00:00
The yen exchange rate repeats violent oscillations like a roller coaster. On July 14, the yen fell to the 139 yen level to the dollar, the first level in 24 years, but it was only for a short time that the yen was bought, and the yen appreciated against the dollar by nearly 9 yen over the next three weeks. in an abnormal situation. On August 2nd, the dollar hit the 130 yen level. Market officials lamented that they were "a little panicky" and "no one knows which direction it will move." We interviewed who moved the market during the depreciation of the yen, which accelerated through mid-July, and the sudden change in the market from late July to early August. (Economic Department reporter Aya Shinoda)

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