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April-June GDP Revision Raises Annualized Growth to 1.4%

From NHK · () Japanese

Translated from Japanese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

Newswire Official statement Outcome reported
  • Japan’s Cabinet Office revised real GDP growth for April through June to an annualized 1.4% from the previous quarter.
  • The revised figure exceeded the preliminary 1.1% estimate released on Aug. 17.

Japan’s revised real GDP growth for the April-June quarter came in at an annualized 1.4%, according to figures released by the Cabinet Office.

The revision lifted the growth rate from the preliminary 1.1% estimate announced on Aug. 17. The figure measures real growth from the previous three-month period.

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Originally published by NHK in Japanese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.