Latest data released by METI - 22 August 2018
- Prior +0.1%
Slight delay in the release by the source. The data is often referred to as the monthly GDP reading, it's a tracker production across all sectors of the Japanese economy and follows the GDP growth figures/trend.
Industrial production and construction activity were the main drag in June, but the data here feeds into Q2 GDP estimates which we already gotten earlier in the month. Hence, the release here isn't going matter all too much in the grand scheme of things.
