German Minister: A New Financial Crisis Poses a Threat to the World Economy
The world economy is facing the risk of a new financial crisis, warned German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble, quoted by the electronic edition Politico.
Japan's industrial production fell by 10% in January which is the biggest monthly drop since records began more than 50 years ago, the Japanese government reported Friday, cited by the BBC.
It is the fourth successive month that factory output has fallen, as the world's second largest economy suffers its worst recession in decades.
The latest figures come days after the government said exports plunged 45.7% in January compared with a year ago.
Japan's economy is suffering because of falling demand for its products abroad.
The country's car production plunged a record 41% year-on-year in January, according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers' Association.
It said 576,539 vehicles were produced in January compared with 976,975 for the same month of 2008.
The Japanese themselves are also shopping less, with average household spending falling 5.9% in January compared with the same month a year ago.
Jobs are also being slashed - the number of people unemployed rose by more than 200,000.
"The recession is having an increasing impact on the real economy," Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano said.
Japan was once seen as relatively immune to the global crisis because its banks were not as exposed to bad loans as those in the US and Europe but Japan's reliance on foreign markets to drive its economy out of a long slump in the 1990s has left it in a painful position.
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