Japan Industrial Production +1.5% m/m for August (preliminary reading)

  • expected 0.5%, prior was -0.4%

And Industrial Production for the y/y (preliminary) +4.6%

  • expected +3.4%, prior was -4.2%

That's a better piece of data from Japan today

More:

Output in a gradual pick up

  • Japan manufacturers see September output up 2.3% m/m
  • See October output up 1.2% m/m

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If you're just waking up, welcome to the final Friday of the month and the usual Japanese data dump (unfortunately thats probably the best place for it)

  • Japan CPI, headline in at -0.5% y/y (vs. expected at -0.5%)
  • Japan - Overall household Spending: -4.6% y/y (expected -2.1%, prior -0.5%)