Japan’s second-quarter GDP revised down to annualised 28.1% contraction

September 8, 2020

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy shrank an annualised 28.1% in April-June, worse than the initial estimate of a 27.8% contraction, revised data from the Cabinet Office showed on Tuesday.

The revised figure for gross domestic product (GDP) compared with economists’ median forecast for a 28.6% contraction in a Reuters poll.

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(Reporting by Leika Kihara; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)

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