The most reliable measure of consumption showed a rather smaller drop in spending in October. The upshot is that the contraction in Q4 GDP probably won’t be as severe as we had anticipated. Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan surprised no one by leaving its major policy settings unchanged this week and we reiterate our long-held view that it won’t cut interest rates for the foreseeable future.
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