Accommodativemonetary conditions and a sharp and largely structural relaxation of fiscal policy likely reduced the extent of the slowdown.
适宜的货币环境和主要从结构上明显宽松的财政政策，可能减小了经济增长速度放慢的程度。
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There's no relief in sight over the longer term, either: the yen is likely to remain soft as the Bank of Japan's monetarypolicy is expected to remain highly accommodative.