The sentiment of big Japanese manufacturers went up for the first time in four months in December, and the service sector mood hit a three-year high, according to a monthly poll by Reuters, in a sign of a gradual recovery from the COVID-19 doldrums.
Large manufacturers expected business conditions to hold steady in the coming three months, despite the fact that the service sector had a worsening outlook, despite uncertainty in the outlook, according to a monthly poll that parallels the Bank of Japan's BOJ tankan quarterly survey.
The mixed readings underscored the uneven nature of Japan's recovery from the pandemic, as a slowdown in China raises the risk of a global downturn and a possible COVID 19 resurgence in Japan clouds the outlook.
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