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GDP Risks Contraction in Jan.-March, Part 1

posted by Richard Katz on April 02, 2015

Found in Japan, categorized in Macro

Tags: TOE Richard Katz GDP Japan economy JCER

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Headline

So far, no economist is predicting contraction, but some are already revising downward their growth forecasts—in the case of Barclays, from a 3% annual rate to just 0.5%

Abstract

Richard analyzes the reason behind Japan's GDP may contract in Jan-Marchbased on the February data.

About Richard Katz

Richard Katz is Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics In International Affairs, the New York correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai, a leading Japanese business magazine, and formerly the editor of The Oriental Economist Report, a monthly newsletter on Japan.

Mr. Katz has taught about Japan’s economy as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, and as a Visiting Lecturer in Economics at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook.

Mr. Katz is the author of two books on Japan's economic travails and has just finished a third book on reviving entrepreeurship in Japan.

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