A tiny silver lining in Japan's trade data

January’s data all but guarantee that collapsing exports will make another large negative contribution to Japan’s GDP in the first quarter. However, imports have also started to drop back, which means that the overall drag from net trade should still be smaller than it was in the final quarter of last year.

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