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Headline
Despite worsening approval ratings for Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe, his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is expected to do well in the December 14 Lower House elections.
Abstract
In October, core inflation—excluding the effect of the consumption tax hike—fell to a rate of 0.9%, price-adjusted income and consumption both fell to levels sharply below year-earlier levels, although there were up from September.