Japan's slip into surprise recession paves way for tax delay, snap poll

[sl@ppy]

Where is the surprise that a country that never cleared a recession is still in it?

[RoadTrain]

Where is the surprise that a country that never cleared a recession is still in it?

And it's gonna be very hard to pull it out of a recession, when the country is collapsing demographically.

[Atdhe]

So in the end, you have inflation with no growth in production/exports.

Really? Where is the inflation? In Japan?! They want it but it does not happen for 1/4 century. Currently raised from -0.5% to +1.5% or something very close.

[OrientA]

Japanese population is ageing, birth rate is dropping. Even though there is no economic growth, their personal wealth is not going down. Japanese tourists are as many as in the past.

[severance26]

if Abe actually goes through with real reform and stops tinkering with his shitty hawkish right-wing beliefs, and the price of oil continues to drop, they might pull it off. That being said I think "trickle-down" is bullshit and I've watched the current profits from companies NOT result in wage increases (yet). However, as Abe's current slogan goes, its the ONLY way. what the hell else is this country gonna do?