日本去年四季度GDP增幅下调至0.4%

Revisions to Japanese GDP failed to amend the narrative of an economy struggling to emerge from last year's recession.

日本修订了上季度国内生产总值(GDP)数据，但数据仍然显示该国无力走出去年衰退。

New data shows the world's third largest economy expanded by just 0.4 per cent last quarter, versus an original estimate of 0.6 per cent.

新数据显示，这个全球第三大经济体去年第四季度GDP仅增长0.4%，而初始估计值为0.6%。

The annualised quarter-on-quarter rate was just 1.5 per cent, down from a 2.2 per cent estimate earlier. Both measures missed forecasts.

年化季度同比增长率仅为1.5%，低于更早时候2.2%的估计值。这两项指标均低于预期。

Business spending, originally up 0.2 per cent from the prior quarter, is now estimated to have contracted by 0.1 per cent.

企业支出起初估计将比前一季度增加0.2%，目前估计为收缩0.1%。

The upside was that private consumption, which originally grew just 0.3 per cent, was revised up to a 0.5 per cent estimate.

但私人消费方面传出好消息，起初估计为仅增加0.3%，目前估计值修订为增加0.5%。