Friday, May 18, 2012

Japan's Q4 Growth Rate Sets The Pace For Advanced Economies. Italy Is A Laggard.

This graph (via Paul Krugman) shows that Japan had the fastest economic growth in Q4 at an annualized rate.  The US and Germany did OK but austerity has not been good for Italy.  Japan's growth rate was influenced by government spending in response to the tsunami.  I guess it takes a crisis to get government to use fiscal policy.

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