The latest housing starts data should (but perhaps won’t) quieten talk that Japan is heading into recession. Indeed, we are increasingly confident that a sustained recovery in the construction sector could add half a percentage point or more to GDP growth in 2008, offsetting a smaller contribution from external trade. This morning’s manufacturing PMI survey is encouraging too.
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