For The First Time Ever, Japan Enters A Quintuple-Dip Recession (Courtesy Of Abenomics)

Writer at ZeroHedge • Nov 16, 2015 at 8:02 AM EST

Japan 3Q GDP falls annualized 0.8% Q/q; Est. -0.2%, and business spending dropped 1.3% QoQ - its worst drop since Q2 2014.

Because nothing says 'successful monetary policy' like 5 'technical' recessions in 5 years...

Japan 3Q GDP Falls Annualized 0.8% Q/q; Est. -0.2%

As if this was not bad enough, Japanese business spending dropped 1.3% QoQ - its worst drop since Q2 2014...

And finally - what is working...

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