Economics
Japan GDP Shrinks More Than First Reported as Shoppers Pull back
- Revised data shows bigger drop in spending during Covid spike
- That suggests heightened vulnerability to omicron risks now
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Japan’s economy shrank at a faster pace than first estimated as shoppers cut back further during summer’s Covid surge, a sign of the heightened risk now facing the recovery should the omicron variant spread.