There will be no immediate recovery in productivity as the economic slump triggers rising unemployment and wage cuts, the Bank of Japan said Thursday while downgrading its assessment of the economy for the fourth consecutive month.
The central bank in part attributed the downgrade to growing uncertainty over the global economy, exacerbated by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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