Remember when that absolute disaster of a Q3 GDP print hit Japan and the world of talking-heads proclaimed… “yeah, but.. capex revisions and stuff and things will make it all better” or some such nonsense? Well that’s exactly what it was – utter nonsense. Going entirely the opposite direction to expectations of a revision up to -0.5% QoQ, Japanese GDP was revsied even lower to -1.9% QoQ (from -1.6% QoQ initial) confirming the quadrupled-dip-recession. Add to that the fact that Abenomics has ushered in record bankruptcies this year as small- and medium-sized businesses have been crushed by soaring import costs amid the collapsing JPY and you have a recipe for domestic disaster… andhaving rallied in anticipation of the exuberant revisions in Friday’s US session, Japanese stocks are sliding quickly off the 18,000 level.
Quadruple-dip recession… well played Abe…
This post was published at Zero Hedge on 12/07/2014.
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