boj speech, 2005-12-22
This already makes it the third longest expansion phase in the post-World War II period, and in the coming year it is appearing increasingly likely to surpass the two other long postwar economic expansion phases, namely the Heisei boom (four years and three months during 1986-91), and the Izanagi boom (four years and nine months during 196570).
Sentiment: neutral
Topic: mp_economic_activity