Japan – National CPI for April: 3.4% y/y (vs. expected 3.4%) (plus the rest of the CPI data)

All correct now:

National CPI y/y for April, 3.4%

• expected 3.4%, prior was 1.6%

National CPI y/y excluding Fresh Food for April, 3.2%

• expected 3.1%, prior was 1.3%

National CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y for April, 2.3%

• expected 0.8%, prior was 0.7%

Tokyo CPI y/y for May, 3.1%

• expected 2.3%, prior was 0.7%

Tokyo CPI excluding Fresh Food y/y for May, 2.8%

• expected 3.0%, prior was 2.9%

Tokyo CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y for May, 1.9%

• expected 2.1%, prior was 2.0%

Also released:

• Japan – Overall Household Spending for April: -4.6% y/y (vs. expected -3.4%)
• Japan – Jobless Rate for April: 3.6% (expected 3.6%)

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USD/JPY not doing much, up a few tics.

Poor household spending data the stand out data point amongst this lot. Worse than expected bu ti will be attributed to the effect of the sales tax hike.