The 5.9% m/m increase in industrial production in May, which followed an identical rise in April, supports our long-held view that Japan will be among the first of the major economies to return to growth. However, a lacklustre global recovery and still-high inventories mean that the pick-up in manufacturing is likely to falter again in the second half of the year.
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