Japan’s Economy Fell Into Recession in First Quarter of 2020

TOKYO—Japan’s financial system fell into a recession by just one typical definition in the initial quarter of 2020, with worse predicted in the present-day quarter.

The world’s 3rd-most significant financial system after the U.S. and China shrank an annualized 3.4% in the January-March period of time, pushed down by the original outcomes of the coronavirus pandemic. That adopted a revised 7.3% contraction in the prior quarter that was activated by an improve in the nationwide gross sales tax. Two straight quarters of contraction is just one definition of a recession.

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