A measure of the public assessment of the current situation of the Japanese economy improved more-than-expected in February to the highest level in nearly two years, survey data from the Cabinet Office showed on Monday.
The current conditions index of the Economy Watchers' Survey rose to 48.9 in February from 47.6 in January. Economists had forecast the index to increase to 48.1.
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