Japan to outperform as cost of living rising less sharply

GDP shrank yet again in Q1 as the Omicron wave brought the recovery in consumption to a halt. However, services spending was more resilient than we had anticipated and there are good reasons to think that Japan’s economy will outperform other large advanced economies over the coming quarters.  

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