Retail Trade data is released by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
+0.9% y/y
- expected 0.4%, prior -0.8%
+2.0% m/m
- prior -0.8%
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Yen is barely responsive. Focus is on the Bank of Japan later in the session:
- BoA on the yen heading into the Bank of Japan decision Thursday 28 April 2022
- The Bank of Japan policy meeting is today - here is every preview of it
- The Bank of Japan is expected to keep policy settings unchanged
- Renewed yen weakness raises the intervention question again
