The slump in the yen has resulted in Germany overtaking Japan as the world’s 3rd largest economy at market exchange rates. We expect Japan to overtake Germany yet again in the early 2030s as the yen strengthens and Japan benefits from higher productivity growth in the second half of this decade. However, the main risk is that the yen doesn’t appreciate as sharply as we expect.
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