boj minutes, 2004-04-09
They exhibited a considerable increase in the October-December quarter of 2003 reflecting the recovery in overseas economies, and they continued to grow substantially in the January-February period of 2004, by 4.0 percent from the average of the October-December quarter, due particularly to exports to China, the ASEAN countries, and the European Union (EU).
Sentiment: neutral
Topic: mp_economic_activity