Japan on track for early recovery

The rise in industrial production in March and projections of further increases in April and May support our view that the Japanese economy could start to grow again as soon as the current quarter. The rebound in the manufacturing PMI from 33.8 in March to 41.4 in April is clearly welcome too.

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