Most discussion of the outlook for Japan in 2008 assumes that the two alternatives are a sharp slowdown or an outright recession. However, much of the incoming data actually favours a third scenario: another year of decent growth at or above the economy’s relatively low sustainable rate. In this scenario, interest rates are still likely to be hiked again.
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