Japanese April Industrial Production (preliminary) -0.4% m/m, first fall in 3 months
- expected 1.5%, prior 1.1%
for the y/y -0.3%
- expected +2.0% prior -0.6%
April retail sales data have missed also:
-1.2% m/m
- expected +0.5%, prior +0.3%
+5.0% y/y
- expected +7.1%, prior +6.9%
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USD/JPY is barely changed on the data. Around 139.79.
Yesterday we had verbal intervneuiton in the yen, awiaitng any more of this today: