Japan GDP Tumbles 1.6% In Q3
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Japan's gross domestic product unexpectedly contracted 1.6 percent on year in the third quarter of 2014, the Cabinet Office said in Monday's preliminary reading. That was well shy of forecasts for an increase of 2.2 percent following the downwardly revised contraction of 7.3 percent in the second quarter (originally -7.1 percent). On a quarterly basis, GDP slid 0.4 percent versus forecasts for an increase of 0.5 percent following the downwardly revised 1.9 percent contraction in Q2 (originally -1.8 percent). Nominal GDP tumbled 0.8 percent on quarter, missing forecasts for a gain of 0.4 percent following the upwardly revised 0.1 percent decline in the second quarter (originally -0.2 percent).


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