Japan's currency in circulation and bank deposits rose at a record annual pace in August as companies and households continued to pile up cash to guard against the coronavirus- driven income slump, central bank data showed on Wednesday.
FILE PHOTO: Women walk past a restaurant at a shopping district in Tokyo, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, Japan August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
The data underlines the difficulty of prodding companies and households to start spending again, even as the economy gradually re-opens after lockdown measures were lifted in May.
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