日本一季度經(jīng)濟萎縮

Japan's economy contracted in the first three monthsof 2018 due to weak private consumption andbusiness investment, putting the brakes on thenation's longest growth streak in 28 years, government data showed.

根據(jù)日本政府公布的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，由于私人消費和商業(yè)投資疲軟，2018年前三個月日本的經(jīng)濟出現(xiàn)萎縮，結(jié)束了該國28年來最長的一輪連續(xù)增長。

The world's third-largest economy shrank at anannualized pace of 0.6% in the January-Marchperiod, compared with revised 0.6% growth in thefinal quarter of 2017. The contraction was the first since the final quarter of 2015.

今年1-3月份，這個世界第三大經(jīng)濟體的GDP換算年率萎縮了0.6%，這是自2015年第四季度以來日本經(jīng)濟首次出現(xiàn)萎縮;2017年第四季度的經(jīng)濟增速被修正至增長0.6%。

It comes as the Japanese economy seemed to have finally escaped decades of stagnation, helped by economic policies including the Bank of Japan's aggressive monetary easing.

此前，在日本央行激進的貨幣寬松政策下，日本經(jīng)濟似乎終于擺脫了數(shù)十年來經(jīng)濟停滯不前的局面。

Private consumption, which accounts for about 60% of GDP, stayed flat in the latest quarterafter heavy snow in January and February caused people to stay home, while higher fresh-foodand energy prices made consumers reluctant to spend.

因1、2月份的大雪天氣讓很多人足不出戶，約占GDP的60%的私人消費在第一季度持平，而生鮮食品和能源價格的上漲讓消費者不愿消費。

Capital Economics senior Japan economist Marcel expects annual growth to slow to 1.2% thisyear from 1.7% in 2017.

據(jù)Capital Economics公司的高級日本經(jīng)濟學家Marcel估測，今年日本的年經(jīng)濟增長速度將從2017年的1.7%下降到1.2%。

Still, government officials and analysts expect the decline to be temporary. Some analystsexpect the economy to rebound as soon as this current April-June quarter.

但是日本的政府官員和分析人士則預計，當前增速下降只是暫時的。一些分析人士認為，最快在第二季度，日本經(jīng)濟就有望出現(xiàn)反彈。

"There is no change in our view that the economy is recovering moderately," Economy MinisterToshimitsu Motegi said.

日本經(jīng)濟產(chǎn)業(yè)大臣茂木敏充稱：“我們認為經(jīng)濟正在穩(wěn)健復蘇的觀點沒有改變。”