Shaw Capital Management Korea: Japan’s Economic Growth Slowed Again Part 1
Japan’s economic recovery appears to have faltered unexpectedly sharply during the second
quarter of this year.
The government’s preliminary GDP statistics put the real...
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Shaw Capital Management Korea: Japan’s Economic Growth Slowed Again Part 1
Japan’s economic recovery appears to have faltered unexpectedly sharply during the second
quarter of this year.
The government’s preliminary GDP statistics put the real quarter-to-quarter
growth rate at 0.
1%, which translates into an annualised 0.
4%, marking an expansion for the
third consecutive quarter.
Shaw Capital Management Korea: Japan’s Economic Growth Slowed Again Part 1 - This
represents, however, a striking slowdown from the 0.
4% quarterly growth, or annualised 4.
4%
growth, recorded in the preceding three months.
It also fell far short of the median forecast of
private-sector economists of annualised 2.
3% growth over the preceding period.
Moreover, in nominal terms Japanese GDP has fallen behind China’s: US$1,336.
9 billion for
China against US$1,288.
3 billion for Japan for the quarter.
Shaw Capital Management Korea: Japan’s Economic Growth Slowed Again Part 1 - Looking at
individual demand
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