>GDP for Japan (1.4%)
>
>Japanís economy rebounded sharply during the first quarter,
>advancing at an annualized pace of 5.7% during the first three
>months of the year, after falling at an annualized rate of 4.9%
>during the last three months of last year. The 10.6 percentage point
>turnaround is surely one of the most dramatic ever experienced by an
>industrialized economy, though one should caution against viewing
>the turnout as evidence that Japanís problems are now in the past.
>There remain considerable risks associated with the countryís
>current sources of growth.