Japan Industrial Ouput, Inflation, Household Spending and Employment April 2008

Japan's household spending fell the most in 19 months in April, factory production dropped and unemployment climbed, giving us yet more evidence that Japan's longest postwar expansion may now, slowly but surely, be coming to an end.Industrial OutputJapan's industrial output fell a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in April from March as companies cut production due to rising inventories amid