OECD Economic Outlook, Volume 2019 Issue 1
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The OECD Economic Outlook is the OECD's twice-yearly analysis of the major economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, prices, fiscal and current account balances.
Coverage is provided for all OECD member countries as well as for selected non-member countries. This issue includes a general assessment, a special chapter on the effects of digitalisation on productivity and a chapter summarising developments and providing projections for each individual country.
Japan
Economic growth is projected to remain close to only 0.7% in 2019-20, with wage and investment growth sustained by labour and capacity shortages. The temporary effect of the October 2019 consumption tax increase will be mitigated by fiscal measures. Sustained growth is projected to gradually push up headline inflation to 1% (excluding the impact of the tax increase) by 2020.
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