US Tariffs Likely Push Japan Into First Economic Contraction in Six Quarters
Japan's economy probably contracted for the first time in six quarters in the July-September period after being battered by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
Gross domestic product (GDP) in real terms probably shrank an annualised 2.5% in the third quarter, according to the median forecast of 18 economists, after an annualised 2.2% expansion in the second quarter.
Without annualisation, the third-quarter contraction was estimated at 0.6%.
Analysts attributed the slowdown to a slump in...
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