You wanna upgrade Japan growth forecasts? Wait ... "Beer shipments sink to record low"

The Bank of Japan meet next week .... and all sort of expectations being bandied about

BOJ to raise growth outlook - report

Japan press - BOJ considers downgrading CPI forecasts

More on the expected BOJ forecast revisions - up for growth, down for CPI

But, listen up BOJ! All is not well!

• Beer and quasi-beer shipments in Japan in January-June fell 1.3 percent from a year earlier ... hitting a record low for the fifth straight year

So, not a beer-led recovery then.

(via Jiji Press)

Is Abe holding a beer?