From Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Statistics Bureau:

Overall Household Spending y/y for June, -3.0% y/y

  • expected -4.0%, prior was -8.0%
  • +1.5% m/m (expected +2.2%)

Jobless Rate for June, 3.7%

  • expected 3.5%, prior was 3.5%

Job-To-Applicant Ratio for June, 1.10

  • expected 1.09, prior was 1.09

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I posted earlier some items on the pressures facing the BOJ:

Yen gaining a point or three after the release (“point or three”?… seriously … OK, sorry about that …. … Yes, I should get a life).