Japan's economy probably contracted for the first time in six quarters in the July-September period after being battered by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Gross domestic product (GDP) in real terms probably shrank an annualised 2.5 per cent in the third quarter, according to the median forecast of 18 economists, after an annualised 2.2 per cent expansion in the second quarter. Without annualisation, the third-quarter contraction was estimated at 0.6 per cent. Analysts attributed the slowdown to a slump in exports due to U.S. tariffs. External demand or net exports, ... (full story)