The hotels and restaurants sector was the only one to see output rise in April, up 0.9%.
In all likelihood, a slew of countries will see output declines of 4 to 5% in 2009, with some having true depression-level drops of 10% or more.
It blamed the "tough" economic climate for the move, which will see output fall from 74,000 vehicles in 2007 to below 70,000 this year.
Taking all this into account, the Japanese economy is likely at best to see output broadly unchanged, year on year, in 1998.If demand merely stabilises in emerging East Asia next year, then Japan's exports will not fall much further.
Only one of our emerging economies is expected to see output shrink again next year: Russia.ASIAN OUTLOOK Our seers are gradually becoming more optimistic (or, at least, less pessimistic) about prospects for the East Asian economies.
Mexico, boosted by growing exports to the U.S., should see output expanding this year at a 3% clip, faster than in the past three years.
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Our recovery will really only begin when world trade starts to recover, and we should see output beginning to grow next year just as long as the U.K. economy doesnt catch a severe case of H1N1," he added.
"Indeed better news on eurozone activity this week gives further cause for a bit of optimism for manufacturers and exporters but, importantly, we need to see output growth followed by a turnaround in business investment in the coming quarters".
