Japan industrial production for February, preliminary: 1.4% m/m (expected 1.4%)

Japan industrial production has slumped in the wake of trade tensions, Feb showing a bounce back from the very poor January result

1.4% m/m, in line

• expected 1.4% m/m, prior -3.4%

-1.0% y/y, beat (not as bad as expected)

• expected -1.1% y/y, pri 0.3%

The survey by Japan's Ministry of economy, Trade and Industry also garners 'outlooks':

• March seen at +1.3%
• April seen at +1.1%

Yen little changed in the wake of the data, a tad stronger but range is tiny.