Japan's economic output runs above capacity for first time in nearly 4 years
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's economic output ran above full capacity in April-June for the first time in nearly four years, a government estimate showed, suggesting that conditions for ending its policy of ultra-low interest rates could be falling into place. The output gap, which measures the difference between an economy's actual and potential output, grew 0.4% to mark the first increase in 15 quarters, according to Friday's estimate. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the data was significance but added that the margin of increase remained small and that whether the trend could ...