There is still no sign of a notable improvement in the global political and economic situation with the arrival of 2024. Military conflicts in the Middle East have spilled over...
At the start of 2024, Japan was hit by a strong earthquake. There were especially concerns about the impact of the earthquake on Murata’s MLCC plant in Fukui and Taiyo Yuden’s Plant in Niigata...
On New Year’s Day in 2024, the Noto Peninsula in Japan was hit by a strong earthquake with an intensity level reaching 7.6. This natural disaster caused severe damage to public facilities, buildings, and transportation networks...
The start of 2024 in Japan was not peaceful. On January 1st at 3:10 PM, a strong earthquake with an intensity scale of 7.6 occurred in the Noto Peninsula, which is a part of Ishikawa Prefecture. There were continuous aftershocks following the main earthquake...
Global market intelligence firm TrendForce reports that a series of earthquakes with an intensity scale of 5 or higher struck the Noto region of Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture...
As the year 2023 comes to an end, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts that the annual growth rate of global GDP will shrink slightly from 3% this year to 2.9% next year...
As 2023 comes to a close, the MLCC market has experienced fluctuations. In the first half of the year, there was a slump in orders, and efforts were made to reduce channel inventory...
Global inflation continues to cool down, but monetary tightening policies also raise concerns about the economic slowdown in the US and European countries. In the US, the PCE rose by 3.0% YoY for October...
Inflation in Europe and the US continues to cool down. In October, the YoY growth of the US CPI shrank to 3.2%. The UK, which has been severely affected by inflation, saw the YoY growth of its CPI reduced to 4.6% in the same month...
The CPI of the US in October was better than market expectations, with the YoY increase shrinking to 3.2%. The YoY increase in the country’s Core CPI also narrowed to 4% for the same month...