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BOJ may be behind the curve on inflation risk, government council member says
TOKYO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan may be behind the curve in dealing with the risk of high inflation, one private sector member of the government's top economic council was quoted as saying on Thursday. "In the past, we used to debate whether inflation would reach the BOJ's 2% inflation target or not. But now, inflation is above 2%," the member told a meeting of the council, according to a government official who attended the meeting and briefed reporters. "I'm worried that monetary policy is already behind the curve," the member was quoted as saying, adding that prolonged price rises were already affecting people's livelihood and their inflation expectations. Another private sector member said Japan must now undertake policies to stabilise inflation around 2% unlike in the past, when it focused on accelerating price growth to that level. "I respect the projections made by the BOJ and Cabinet Office that inflation will eventually stabilise and slow below 2%. But elevated inflation affects the public by pushing down real wages," the member was quoted as saying. The remarks underscore a growing concern held by business and academic circles over persistent price rises, which have kept inflation above the BOJ's 2% target for over three years. The BOJ exited a decade-long stimulus last year and raised its short-term policy rate to 0.5% in January, based on the view Japan was on the cusp of durably achieving its 2% inflation target. But it has held rates steady since then and signalled its intention to tread carefully in raising borrowing costs, on the view that recent inflation was driven largely by supply shocks, rather than robust demand. The government's top economic council consists of the prime minister and key cabinet ministers such as the finance minister, as well as BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda. There are also four private sector members including Takeshi Niinami, head of beverage maker Suntory Holdings, and BNP Paribas strategist Mana Nakazora.
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S&P affirms China's sovereign credit rating at A+ with stable outlook
Aug 7 (Reuters) - Ratings agency S&P Global on Thursday affirmed China's long-term credit rating at A+ and said its strong fiscal stimulus will keep economic growth resilient amid headwinds from the property sector and tariff pressures. S&P said the outlook on China's rating is "stable." "The stable outlook on the long-term sovereign credit rating reflects our view that China will return to self-sustaining economic growth of 4% or more annually over the next one to two years," S&P said in a statement. "This will allow the government to gradually reduce policy support for the economy over the next several years." S&P said it could lower China's rating if it expects the government to pursue larger fiscal stimulus over the next three to five years, but may raise the rating if fiscal consolidation proceeds faster than anticipated. S&P also affirmed China's "A-1" short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit rating. China's finance ministry said on Thursday it was glad to see S&P had reaffirmed China's sovereign credit ratings, and pledged to "dynamically" adjust policy reserves and strive to achieve the annual growth target. In April, Fitch downgraded China's sovereign credit rating, citing rapidly rising government debt and risks to public finances, as policymakers gear up to shield the economy from rising U.S. tariffs. The world's No.2 economy grew at a slightly faster pace than expected in the second quarter. But July economic data so far have been mixed, with manufacturing activity shrinking for a fourth straight month even as exports posted an unexpected surge.
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Trump's higher tariffs hit major US trading partners, sparking defiance and concern
Aug 7 (Reuters) - U.S. trade partners such as Switzerland, Brazil and India were still scrambling to get a better deal on Thursday as President Donald Trump's higher tariff rates on imports from dozens of countries kicked in, raising the average U.S. import duty to its highest in a century. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency began collecting the higher tariffs of 10% to 50% at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) after weeks of suspense over Trump's final tariff rates and frantic negotiations with major trading partners that sought to lower them. The leaders of Brazil and India vowed not to be cowed by Trump's hardline bargaining position, even while their negotiators sought a reprieve from the highest tariff levels. The new rates will test Trump's strategy for shrinking U.S. trade deficits without causing massive disruptions to global supply chains or provoking higher inflation and stiff retaliation from trading partners. After unveiling his "Liberation Day" tariffs in April, Trump has frequently modified his plan, slapping much higher rates on imports from some countries, including 50% for goods from Brazil, 39% from Switzerland, 35% from Canada and 25% from India. He announced on Wednesday a separate, 25% tariff on Indian goods, to be imposed in 21 days, over India's purchases of Russian oil. "RECIPROCAL TARIFFS TAKE EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!," Trump said on Truth Social just ahead of the deadline. "BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, LARGELY FROM COUNTRIES THAT HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR MANY YEARS, LAUGHING ALL THE WAY, WILL START FLOWING INTO THE USA. THE ONLY THING THAT CAN STOP AMERICA'S GREATNESS WOULD BE A RADICAL LEFT COURT THAT WANTS TO SEE OUR COUNTRY FAIL!" Tariffs are ultimately paid by companies importing the goods and consumers of end products. Eight major trading partners accounting for about 40% of U.S. trade flows have reached framework deals for trade and investment concessions to Trump, including the European Union, Japan and South Korea, reducing their base tariff rates to 15%. Britain won a 10% rate, while Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan and the Philippines secured rate reductions to 19% or 20%. "For those countries, it's less-bad news," said William Reinsch, a senior fellow and trade expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "There'll be some supply chain rearrangement. There'll be a new equilibrium. Prices here will go up, but it'll take a while for that to show up in a major way," Reinsch said. Countries with punishingly high duties, such as India and Canada, "will continue to scramble around trying to fix this," he added. Switzerland's government will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to decide its next move after President Karin Keller-Sutter returned home empty-handed from an 11th-hour trip to Washington aimed at averting the crippling U.S. import tariff on Swiss goods. A last-minute attempt by South Africa to improve its offer in exchange for a lower tariff rate also failed. Meanwhile, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Reuters on Wednesday he wouldn't humiliate himself by seeking a phone call with Trump even as he said his government would continue cabinet-level talks to lower a 50% tariff rate on Brazilian exports to the U.S. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was similarly defiant, saying he would not compromise the interests of the country's farmers after Trump introduced a 50% tariff on Indian goods. Trump's order has specified that any goods determined to have been transshipped from a third country to evade higher U.S. tariffs will be subject to an additional 40% import duty, but his administration has released few details on how these goods would be identified or the provision enforced. U.S. import taxes are one part of a multilayered tariff strategy that includes national security-based sectoral tariffs on semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, autos, steel, aluminum, copper, lumber and other goods. Trump said on Wednesday the microchip duties could reach 100%. China is on a separate tariff track and will face a potential tariff increase on August 12 unless Trump approves an extension of a prior truce after talks last week in Sweden. He has said he may impose additional tariffs over China's purchases of Russian oil as he seeks to pressure Moscow into ending its war in Ukraine. Trump has touted a vast increase in federal revenues from his import tax collections, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying tariff revenues could top $300 billion a year. The move will drive average U.S. tariff rates to around 20%, the highest in a century and up from 2.5% when Trump took office in January, the Atlantic Institute estimates. Commerce Department data released last week showed more evidence that tariffs began driving up U.S. prices in June, including for home furnishings and durable household equipment, recreational goods and motor vehicles. Costs from Trump's tariff war are mounting for a wide swath of companies, including bellwethers Caterpillar, Marriott, Molson Coors and Yum Brands. Toyota on Thursday said it expected a hit of nearly $10 billion from tariffs on cars imported into the U.S. as it cut its full-year profit forecast by 16%.
