Markets in Tokyo fell at first as
the higher figure was seen as reducing the chance of further economic stimulus
measures by the Japanese government. But shares then rebounded. Shuji Tonouchi,
senior fixed income strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities,
said: "We expect growth to slow in the current quarter. The government
should focus on steps to help low-income earners, but consumption may not rise
much if consumer sentiment worsens."
Other stock markets in Asia were
mixed after Chinese trade data showed continued weakness in the world's
second-biggest economy. Chinese exports fell 4.1% in May from a year earlier
while imports dropped 0.4%.
2 Cheap oil will weigh on global
economy, says World Bank (Phillip Inman in The Guardian) Global growth will slow this year as oil exporters in the
developing world struggle to cope with lower energy prices, the World Bank has said in its half-yearly economic
health check.
The benefit of cheaper oil prices for Europe, Japan and
other oil importing nations, which has sustained their growth through 2015 and
2016, has failed to offset a slowdown in parts of Africa, Asia and South
America that depend on selling energy to sustain their incomes.
In one of the gloomiest predictions by an international
forecaster, the bank said the effect of the collapse in oil income on
developing countries would restrict global growth to 2.4% this year, well down on
its January forecast of 2.9%.
In the UK the growth rate will be restricted to 2% this
year and 2.1% in 2017 and in 2018. The US will also stabilise at about 2% annually
for the next couple of years, while the eurozone will expand at a more modest
1.6% in 2016 and in 2017 before slipping to 1.5% in 2018. The tumbling price of
metals and food on world markets last year hit emerging and developing
economies without triggering a significant rise in spending by richer
countries.
3 The message in Zuckerberg hacking (San Francisco
Chronicle) Mark Zuckerberg can be hacked and so can
you. The Facebook founder's rarely used Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest
accounts were briefly compromised on Sunday, serving as a reminder that everyone
is susceptible to hacking.
Safeguards you could take include creating strong
passwords and changing them frequently. Yes, all this is a pain, and it's not
your fault that the tech industry couldn't grapple with the rise in security breaches.
But if you do nothing, someone could break into your financial account or use
your social media account to spew obnoxious or hateful messages. Think of how
many friends you'll lose.
Here are some things you
can do to stay safe. Pick a good password, don’t reuse passwords,
deactivate
accounts you no longer use, and on social media, make sure you restrict posts
to just your actual friends. You can adjust that in the settings. Personal
tidbits can not only help hackers crack easy passwords, they also can be used
to answer supposedly personal questions to reset passwords.
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