The government on Thursday downgraded its economic outlook for the first time in five months, reflecting weakness in private consumption amid a resurgence of coronavirus infections led by the highly transmissible omicron variant.
The economy “continues to show movements of picking up, although some weaknesses are seen as a severe situation (of economic activities) due to the coronavirus remains,” the Cabinet Office said in its monthly assessment report for February.
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