Japan avoids technical recession with weak 0.1% fourth-quarter growth

Japan posted a 0.1% increase in fourth-quarter output, which kept the country out of a technical recession but did not meet the 0.4% call from economists. The number reversed the 0.7% fall recorded in the third quarter, yet the gain stayed very small. The annualized reading reached 0.2%, far below the 1.6% forecast and coming […]