📰 **Japan's economy grows at an annualized 2.1% rate in the first quarter, beating expectations **

The figure beat with projections of 0.4% from Reuters-polled economists, and against the 0.3% in the last quarter.

🔗 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/japan-first-quarter-gdp-economy-inflation-energy.html

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