Not shown in the screenshot,
- large retailer sales +2% vs. +5% prior
- m/m retail sales -2.3% vs. prior +0.8%
Disappointing results vs. the more encouraging industrial output data.
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Still to come today:
- Bank of Japan Policy Meeting Preview - Don't Hold Your Breath for a Hike
- Preview - Bank of Japan meeting this week - no change to policy expected
- Japanese Inflation Data Impact on USD/JPY; BoJ Meeting Outlook
The Bank of Japan don't have a set time for publishing their decision. Its usually in the 0230 to 0330 GMT time window:
- 2230 - 2330 US Eastern time
Bank of Japan Governor Ueda will follow with a press conference, and for that we do have a time, 0630 GMT
- 0230 US Eastern time
