BLOOMBERG The Pulse February 16, 2015
Japan crawls out of recession with growth slower than expected. How convincing is japans exit from recession . A lot of economists saying that this is a disappointing figure and yet it shows a slight improvement. It shows a slight improvement, but in many ways, what this number is about is the evils of raising taxes in a deflationary environment. Most economists would agree that raising sale taxes in april of last year was a poorly timed move. In many ways, consumer demand has never quite recovered. When you look at the enthusiasm toward abenomics, you dont see a lot of it here in japan. A lot...