Japan data - All Industry Activity Index for April: 2.1% m/m (vs. expected +1.6%)

This is used an indicator to GDP

For April, comes in at 2.1% m/m ... a beat

• expected was +1.6%
• previous was -0.7%, revised from -0.6%

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The All Industry Activity Index is a measure of the monthly change in overall production by all sectors of the Japanese economy. I guess the clue is in the name :-)