TOKYO: Japan’s exports grew for a third straight month in November from a year earlier, but much more slowly than expected and despite a sharp fall in the yen, maintaining economic policy pressure on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe days after his ruling coalition’s big election win.
The 4.9% rise in exports was much weaker than a 7.0% gain seen by economists in a Reuters poll, slowing from a 9.6% gain in October, Finance Ministry data showed.
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