I posted the Japanese Q4 GDP data
here earlier
up now if you’d like some further reading on it.
Bloomberg have a recap
“It’s better than expected but this doesn’t change the whole picture of Japan’s anemic recovery. Japan’s economy really doesn’t have any leading power with primarily consumer spending dragging growth,” said Takashi Shiono, an economist at Credit Suisse Group AG, who had correctly predicted the annualized GDP number. “I expect some rebound this quarter but it’s not going to be an impressive one.”