Japan Economy in a Snapshot Q2 2021 Report
What does this quarterly economic report offer?
Japan Economy in a Snapshot is a quarterly publicatiŠ¾n produced by the CEIC Macroeconomic Research Team. The report is designed to provide a comprehensive, albeit concise overview of the current economic and financial developments. The Japan Economy in a Snapshot report is produced using data from CEIC's Global Database.
Emphasising the effects of renewed COVID-19 restrictions, real GDP contracted by a seasonally-adjusted 1.3% q/q in Q1 2021, after growing by 2.8% q/q in Q4 2020, resulting in a fall of 1.9% y/y and an annualised contraction of 5.1%.
This report provides detailed sets of analysis, with a focus on the following macroeconomic groupings:
- Japan's economic outlook
- Real Sector
- Monetary and Financial Sector
- Fiscal Sector
- External Sector