Despite the widespread optimism about the benefits that “Abenomics” may eventually bring to Japanese businesses and households, the hard data continue to disappoint. In particular, industrial production was sluggish in March for the third successive month, while the unemployment rate only fell because of a decline in the numbers of people looking for work. The manufacturing PMI for April, however, was slightly more encouraging.
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