Consumer spending to fall across Q3

The latest high-frequency data point to the relentless surge in new coronavirus cases starting to weigh heavily on consumer activity this month. And with full-blown emergency declarations to be expanded to cover around 80% of Japan’s economy from Friday, we now expect consumer spending to fall across Q3 which should cause GDP to once again tread water.

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