Japan’s Economy Shrank at 2.3% Annual Pace in Fourth Quarter
February 12, 2012, 8:17 PM ESTBy Keiko Ujikane
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s economy contracted at an annual 2.3 percent pace in the three months ended Dec. 31, the Cabinet Office said today in Tokyo. The median forecast of 26 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for a 1.3 percent decline.
--Editors: Paul Panckhurst, Peter Hirschberg.
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