Latest data released by METI - 13 July 2018

  • Industrial production +4.2% vs +4.2% y/y prelim
  • Capacity utilisation -2.1% vs +1.8% m/m prior

Slight delay in the release by the source. Preliminary readings can be found here. All in line with estimates so not much to gather from the release here. The initial estimates beat that of April so whatever impact would have been factored in then.