Given the conspicuous plunge in the revised gross domestic product figure, the methodology used for calculating preliminary GDP will be revised, a senior Cabinet Office official said Thursday.
The major revision Wednesday cut the annualized 4.8 percent expansion announced for the July-September quarter Nov. 16 to an annualized rate of just 1.3 percent in real terms after accounting for weaker corporate capital investment.
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