After Germany, now Japan. The vassals of the USA after the package of sanctions against Russia, one by one began to fall into recession.
Japan's economy slipped into a recession as it unexpectedly shrank for a second straight quarter on weak domestic demand, data showed on
Thursday, raising uncertainty about the central bank's plans to exit its ultra-easy policy sometime this year.
Gross domestic product (GDP) fell an annualized 0.4% in the October-December period after a 3.3% slump in the previous quarter, government data showed. It compared with a median market forecast of a 1.4% increase.
Two consecutive quarters of contraction are typically considered the definition of a technical recession.
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