Japan Second Quarter Preliminary Real GDP: Summary (Table)

By Minh Bui

Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of real gross domestic product from the Cabinet Office in Tokyo.

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                             2Q      2Q      2Q Contri      1Q      4Q      3Q
                           2008    2008    2008 bution    2008    2007    2007
                          QoQ%    SAAR    YoY%  to GDP   QoQ%    QoQ%    QoQ%
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GDP - real                 -0.6%   -2.4%    1.0%    n/a    0.8%    0.6%    0.2%
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Domestic demand            -0.6%   -2.5%   -0.3%   -0.6%   0.4%    0.3%   -0.3%
Private demand             -0.6%   -2.2%   -0.2%   -0.4%   0.5%    0.1%   -0.2%
Private consumption       -0.5%   -1.9%    0.6%   -0.3%   0.7%    0.3%    0.0%
 Household consumption    -0.5%   -2.1%    0.5%   -0.3%   0.7%    0.3%    0.0%
  ex-imputed rent         -0.7%   -2.8%    0.3%   -0.3%   0.7%    0.3%   -0.1%
Residential investment    -3.4%  -13.0%  -15.6%   -0.1%   4.3%   -9.8%   -7.3%
Capital investment        -0.2%   -0.9%    1.3%    0.0%  -0.1%    1.1%    0.6%
Private inventories        n/a     n/a     n/a     0.0%  -0.1%    0.0%    0.0%
Public Demand              -0.9%   -3.6%   -0.7%   -0.2%  -0.2%    0.8%   -0.4%
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                             2Q      2Q      2Q Contri      1Q      4Q      3Q
                           2008    2008    2008 bution    2008    2007    2007
                          QoQ%    SAAR    YoY%  to GDP   QoQ%    QoQ%    QoQ%
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Government consumption     0.1%    0.3%    0.5%    0.0%  -0.5%    0.9%    0.1%
Public investment         -5.2%  -19.3%   -6.9%   -0.2%   1.0%    0.1%   -2.0%
Public inventory           n/a     n/a     n/a     0.0%   0.0%    0.0%    0.0%
Fixed capital formation    -1.5%   -6.0%   -2.7%   -0.3%   0.7%   -0.6%   -1.1%
Net Exports                 n/a     n/a     n/a     0.0%   0.4%    0.3%    0.5%
Exports, goods & services -2.3%   -8.9%    6.4%   -0.4%   3.4%    2.7%    2.6%
Imports, goods & services -2.8%  -10.7%   -1.3%    0.5%   1.2%    0.8%   -0.3%
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GDP Deflator (YoY%)        -1.6%    n/a     n/a     n/a   -1.5%   -1.3%   -0.6%
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NOTE: Quarterly percent changes are seasonally adjusted. SAAR is the seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter percent change at an annualized rate. Fixed capital formation = residential investment + non-residential investment + public investment. Changes in deflator are from a year ago.

SOURCE: Department of National Accounts, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office.

To contact the reporter on this story: Harumi Ichikura in Tokyo hichikura@bloomberg.net