Respondents to Japan’s Economy Watchers Survey are not as pessimistic about the outlook as they were immediately after the disaster in March, but confidence is still relatively low and there is no sign of a meaningful rebound in current conditions in April. Bank lending picked up, presumably reflecting emergency loans to firms.
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