Our Japan Chart Pack has been updated with the latest data and our analysis of recent developments.
Following a wobbly period around the turn of the year, the economy is on the mend and should gather further momentum as real wage growth turns positive in the second half of the year. With goods inflation still having strong momentum, we now expect the Bank of Japan to hike its policy rate twice to 0.5% this year.
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