Japan Q4 GDP revised up to annualised 1.1% contraction

Published Tue, Mar 8, 2016 · 12:05 AM

[TOKYO] Japan's economy shrank at an annualised 1.1 per cent in the final quarter of last year, revised up from a preliminary reading of a 1.4 per cent contraction, Cabinet Office data showed on Tuesday.

The revision compared with a median market forecast for a 1.5 per cent contraction.

REUTERS

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