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Businesses’ hopes of recovery scaled back

The Japanese government’s Business Outlook Survey suggests conditions improved slightly in Q3, with firms expecting further improvements over the next six months. Whilst clearly good news, the pick-up was much less than anticipated at the time of the last survey, and firms’ forecasts have been downgraded from earlier in the year.

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