boj speech, 2025-07-23
That said, there have been many reports from firms in a wide range of industries that they consider labor-saving and efficiency-improving investment to be essential given intensifying labor shortages, and that they plan to steadily move forward with the investments they deem necessary from a medium to long-term perspective, such as investments for digitalization and decarbonization, regardless of how tariff policies unfold.
Sentiment: neutral
Topic: mp_economic_activity