Japan GDP: Down 12.7% in Q4-2008

Slightly worse than expected. -12.7% is the annualized rate, -3.3% was the q-on-q rate.
Exports of Goods & Services fell at 45% annualized rate.
Japan GDP

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2 Responses to Japan GDP: Down 12.7% in Q4-2008

  1. jck says:

    It’s bad but it’s history, the number itself is worse than expected but by a small margin, consensus was around -3.1% q-o-q (-11.88% annualized).

  2. AJ says:

    Jck,

    could you please quantify this for us ?

    How bad is this ? I heard that this could put Nikkei at P/E 60 (when earnings kick in) ? :-O