Together with the news that monthly exports collapsed, the report left economists anticipating the largest contract
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.6% in April, up from 2.5% in March, figures from the Ministry of In
Economists expect the fiscal year that began in April will see the worst economic contraction in four decades.
That was a much larger decline than the 5.1% drop in a Reuters forecast.
TOKYO: Japan’s factory output sl
The Federal Statistics Office said capital investments fell by 6.9%, private consumption by 3.2% and exports by 3.1
