Figures released Wednesday by the Finance Ministry indicate that companies' restructuring efforts are paying dividends.
According to a quarterly survey, capital spending dropped 1.8 percent in the October-December term from a year earlier -- a big improvement compared to a year of consecutive double-digit descents.
The same trend was seen in combined sales, which fell but not as steeply as in the previous three quarters.
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