Japan - April Industrial Production (preliminary): +1.0% m/m (vs. +1.0% expected)

Japan data:

Industrial Production m/m for April (preliminary reading), +1.0% m/m

• expected +1.0%, prior was -0.8%

2350GMT Industrial Production y/y for April (preliminary), -0.1% y/y

• expected -0.1%, prior was -1.7%

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Both the m/m and y/y come in as expected and showing improvement over the prior month readings. That's about the best that can be said for these figures though.