Japan positioning for a V-shaped recovery

We expect next Monday’s preliminary data to show that the Japanese economy contracted by around 3.5% q/q in the fourth quarter of last year (an annualised rate of 15%). However, Japan may well then end up as one of the first of the major economies to return to quarterly growth.

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