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Tokyo maintains moderately upbeat view on economy

It says November economy remains on recovery path due to consumer spending, business investment

Published Tue, Nov 28, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Tokyo

THE Japanese government stuck to its moderately upbeat view on the economy in November, its monthly economic report showed on Tuesday, saying that it remained on a recovery path helped by consumer spending and business investment.

"Japan's economy continues to recover moderately as a trend," the Cabinet Office said in the report, maintaining that assessment for a sixth consecutive month.

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