47 Quotes by Richard Jerram

It's a sign that the cycle is starting to turn. The job offer ratio improved for the second month, and that's usually a fairly reliable measure of market conditions.

It might be that policy-led reform accelerates the process, but avoiding a mistake is all that is necessary. Any assist from economic reform would be an added bonus,

The number of shareholders who have invested in returns, rather than relationships, has increased.

It's the first positive reflection of the fact that over the past year there's been a turnaround in wages. People are happy to take their rising income and spend it.

It's quite encouraging that Japan is still posting strong export growth. This bodes well for the first-quarter economic outlook.

The Bank of Japan is unnecessarily increasing downside risks through premature tightening and an excessively low inflation target.

It's very encouraging in these figures to see that employment is picking up. That's going to help domestic output and domestic incomes. The trends are all very positive.

The turnaround in real estate prices is broadening out from a few places in a few major cities to a more general stabilization. The positive macroeconomic effect is becoming more significant.

It's really rather worrying that six weeks into the job, he still hasn't figured out the difference. It does suggest there's quite a nasty policy mistake coming our way and quite a nasty recession.