Japan’s economy has recently been growing at an annualised rate of around 5%, so some slowdown from here is inevitable. The consumer and business confidence surveys suggest that momentum is holding up well. We are also much less concerned than many about the health of the labour market. But a few cracks are starting to appear in the recovery, notably in investment.
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