Japan economic performance 2004 to 2013-

1. Real GDP, Real GDP growth rate, Real GDP per capita analysis

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/japan/gdp-growth

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/articles/09082015014436.htm

https://ycharts.com/indicators/japan_energy_use_per_1000_gdp

2. Define and explain how each indicator above measures performance of the economy

http://www.heritage.org/index/country/japan#

3. Describe and explain performance trends of the economy

http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/Japan-2015-overview.pdf.

4. Research and explain Government's measures adopted to achieve the production output performance.

Labour market analysis

1. Describe unemployment trends based on unemployment rates.

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/articles/10302015000535.htm

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/japan/employment-rate

2. Define unemployment and describe the typical types of unemployment in an economy.

http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/2247/unemployment/definition-of-unemployment/

http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.sg/2011/08/japans-low-unemployment-is-easily.html

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1983/07/art1full.pdf

3. Research and identify the types of unemployment in the chosen economy.

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/japans-hidden-unemployment-problem-cm395873

4. Research and explain Government's measures adopted to achieve full employment.

https://www.mof.go.jp/english/public_relations/presentation/pre201310.pdf

Price level analysis

1. Describe the inflation trend based on inflation rate.

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/inflation.asp

http://www.inflation.eu/inflation-rates/japan/historic-inflation/cpi-inflation-japan.aspx

http://inflationdata.com/articles/historical-inflation-rates-japan-1971-2014/

2. Define inflation and describe the typical causes of inflation.

http://blogs.ft.com/andrew-smithers/2014/12/japans-chances-of-achieving-inflation/

http://www.economywatch.com/inflation/world/japan.html

3. Research and identify the cause(s) of inflation in the chosen economy.

https://www.boj.or.jp/en/research/wps_rev/rev_2009/data/rev09e02.pdf

http://freakonomics.com/2011/03/22/what-are-the-economic-consequences-of-the-japanese-disaster-a-guest-post-by-anil-kashyap-and-takeo-hoshi/

4. Research and explain Government's measures to achieve stable price.

https://www.boj.or.jp/en/announcements/press/koen_2015/ko151106a.htm/

http://www.boj.or.jp/en/mopo/outline/index.htm/