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GDP (Q1 Preliminary)

Japan’s economy is on its longest streak of expansion in more than a decade. However, growth in labour income has weakened sharply and we expect a slowdown in GDP growth in the second half of the year. Price pressures are therefore unlikely to strengthen much and we still expect the Bank of Japan to remain on hold.

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