On August 24th, however, Mr Takenaka pointed out that machinery orders, which tend to be a leading indicator of fresh capital spending, "weren't that bad", rising 10.3% in the second quarter.
Consumers claiming business conditions are "bad" rose to 51.1%, from 50.5%, while those claiming business conditions are "good" edged down to 6.8%, from 7.0% last month.
Audiences faint at the Proms, rush-hour journeys are an ordeal, and bad temper rises from the streets like a miasma from 4pm onwards.
C1 Losses From Bad Loans Rising Loan losses continue to rise at banks, mostly because of faltering telecommunications and cable companies.
The market has been worried by the run-up in bond yields, but he made a distinction between a "bad yield rise" accompanied by declining confidence in the economy and a "good yield rise" when confidence is rising.
Bad points: rising inflation and recession increased the budget deficit, and as unemployment rose, costly job schemes were no longer affordable; high personal taxes blunted incentives to work.
There's a bad moon rising in New York.
Provision for bad debts rose a third to £784m.
Bad debts rose 20percentto to £706 million ($1.26 billion).
But it said its bad loans rose too.
