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Mikihiro Matsuoka on Japan Inflation, BoJ Outlook and Debt Problems

Macro Hive Conversations With Bilal Hafeez

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Q4 GDP in Japan

Q4 GDP in Japan was relatively weak, even though Japan was reopening. Why hasn't the Japanese recovery been stronger? I think during that Q4 period, we had another round of COVID weight That may have bent its sum of the spread of domestic activity like tourism and so on. In addition, we think that private consumption, when we look at the massy data, it looks still very moderate,. It's growing, but only at a very faint pace.

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