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Tokyo to miss 2020 goal of primary budget surplus

Forecasts also show that debt to nominal GDP would fall faster than previously predicted


JAPAN'S government said on Tuesday that, even under its most optimistic forecasts, it still expects to miss its goal of returning to a primary budget surplus in fiscal 2020 as tax revenue grows slightly less than expected.

The forecasts, approved by the government's top...

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