日本去年四季度GDP增幅下調至0.4%

Revisions to Japanese GDP failed to amend the narrative of an economy struggling to emerge from last year's recession.

日本修訂了上季度國內生產總值(GDP)數據，但數據仍然顯示該國無力走出去年衰退。

New data shows the world's third largest economy expanded by just 0.4 per cent last quarter, versus an original estimate of 0.6 per cent.

新數據顯示，這個全球第三大經濟體去年第四季度GDP僅增長0.4%，而初始估計值爲0.6%。

The annualised quarter-on-quarter rate was just 1.5 per cent, down from a 2.2 per cent estimate earlier. Both measures missed forecasts.

年化季度同比增長率僅爲1.5%，低於更早時候2.2%的估計值。這兩項指標均低於預期。

Business spending, originally up 0.2 per cent from the prior quarter, is now estimated to have contracted by 0.1 per cent.

企業支出起初估計將比前一季度增加0.2%，目前估計爲收縮0.1%。

The upside was that private consumption, which originally grew just 0.3 per cent, was revised up to a 0.5 per cent estimate.

但私人消費方面傳出好消息，起初估計爲僅增加0.3%，目前估計值修訂爲增加0.5%。