JAPAN DATA: Japan’s output gap stood at -3.5%, or around Y15
trillion, in the July-September quarter, unchanged from a revised -3.5%
in Q2, showing continued excess supply and slack demand, the Cabinet
Office said. GDP rebounded a real 6.0% at an annualized rate in the
third quarter after slumping 1.3% in Q2, but the output gap was
unchanged because both supply and demand expanded at about the same pace
in Q3.