But analysts expect GDP to have shrunk in the first quarter due to the hit to consumption from the second emergency curbs that rolled out in January and say a second consecutive contraction in Q2 that would constitute a recession is possible.
Ikonomi ya kwa Japan e neng e le mo maemong a a kwa tlase mo ngwageng o o fetileng, e kgonne go tlhatloga, re leboga thomelo e e maatla ya diromelwantle.