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MNI BRIEF: Japan Q4 GDP To Rise 0.3% Q/Q; Annualised 0.9%

MNI (TOKYO) - Japan's economy is expected to have risen 0.3% q/q, or 0/9% annualised, in Q4 for the third straight quarter of growth, slowing from Q3's 0.3% q/q, or 1.2% annualised, in the wake of strong capital investment and the recovery of net exports, private economists predicted.

Net exports of goods and services are expected to have made a positive 0.5 percentage point contribution to the total domestic output, after falling 0.2 percentage points in Q3. Economists predicted private consumption, which accounts for about 60% of the GDP, has fallen 0.3% q/q following Q3's 0.7%. 

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MNI (TOKYO) - Japan's economy is expected to have risen 0.3% q/q, or 0/9% annualised, in Q4 for the third straight quarter of growth, slowing from Q3's 0.3% q/q, or 1.2% annualised, in the wake of strong capital investment and the recovery of net exports, private economists predicted.

Net exports of goods and services are expected to have made a positive 0.5 percentage point contribution to the total domestic output, after falling 0.2 percentage points in Q3. Economists predicted private consumption, which accounts for about 60% of the GDP, has fallen 0.3% q/q following Q3's 0.7%. 

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