Bearish Outlook For Japanese Retail

BMI View: The slowdown in Japan's retail sales growth and weak earnings from Seven & I, the country's largest retailer, suggest to us that the recovery in retail spending may have already peaked. Going forward, with rising unemployment levels, consumer confidence retrenching and fiscal stimulus slowdown plaguing the Japanese economy, we believe a further deceleration is on the

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