Japanese economic growth data earlier (preliminary for the fourth quarter of 2018):
Bloomberg have a recap up:
- "Exports were supposed to show a big jump after the previous fall but they just limped along. If you average all the data out, Japan's economy is clearly slowing," said Yoshiki Shinke, chief economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute.
Reuters also;
- "The numbers have rebounded, but Japan is still an economy that is losing momentum," said Hiroshi Miyazaki, senior economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities.
- Export growth was sluggish in the face of weak demand from China