PM Abe will probably press ahead with sales tax hike

The Q1 GDP figures overstated the health of the economy and we expect a renewed slowdown in the second quarter. But with domestic demand still rising at a healthy pace and the unemployment rate at the lowest in a generation, we suspect that the government will press ahead with the sales tax hike scheduled for 1st October.

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