Forecast Calls for 0.9% Kyushu Growth
The Kyushu Economic Research Center released its forecast for the Kyushu-Okinawa region in 2012, which calls for 0.9% in real economic growth (excepting price fluctuations) for the year. Rebuilding from the Tohoku disaster will have a smaller impact in Kyushu, as the projected growth rate for the nation as a whole is 1.9%. If the forecast growth is achieved, it will be the third straight year of positive growth in the region.