Text: Meanwhile, Japan--the world's second-largest economy and a country that by normal criteria ought to have no trouble increasing demand--finds itself stuck in exactly the trap Burnham  no longer able to find uses for the available investment funds, which waste in idleness in the account books of the banks.
Entailment: As a large economy, Japan is expected to easily increase demand.
Contradiction: Japan takes pride in being the number one largest economy in the world.