UPDATE 2-Weak spending overshadows Japan's surprise Q1 economic expansion
Published on: Sunday 19 May 2019
*China's slowdown, Sino-U.S. trade war weigh on GDP. TOKYO, May 20- Japan's economic growth unexpectedly accelerated in January- March, driven by net contributions from exports and defying forecasts for a contraction in the world's third-largest economy. Japan's economy grew at an annualised 2.1% in the first quarter, gross domestic product data showed on...
