JAPAN EXPECTS ITS ECONOMY TO FALL BY 4.8% IN JAN-MARCH PERIOD

Highlights –

• Japan expects its economy to fall by 4.8% in Jan-March period.
• The Japanese Cabinet Office will release preliminary GDP data for this year's Q1 on May 18.
• The economic outlook for coming quarters remains unclear due to the second state of COVID-29 emergency.
• The current state of emergency is set to end on May 11.

Economists have reporte....