Japan will announce the preliminary reading of economic growth in the second quarter of 2019 on August 8. Market participants expect the Japanese economy to slow down quite badly. Market consensus gathered by Reuters estimates that the quarterly annualized economy of the Rising Sun Country is 0.4%. Slower than the quarter I-2019 which is 2.2%. Understandably, Japanese exports have contracted alias dropped for seven consecutive months due to the trade war of the United States (US) -China and a slowdown in the global economy. Japan's trade friction with South Korea made things even more complicated.
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