Japan’s economy shrank last quarter for the second time over the past year. While activity is set to pick up in coming months ahead of next year’s sales tax hike, the bigger picture is that spare capacity is not shrinking fast enough to reach the Bank of Japan’s 2% inflation target on a sustainable basis.
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