I sent this out on Twitter already ( @ForexLive), just wrapping it into one place here

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Overall Household Spending y/y for August, -4.7%

  • expected -3.6%, prior was -5.9%
  • Falling for the 5th consecutive month
  • Says FastFT (gated): “households continue to retrench, calling into question whether the Abe government will be able to confidently go ahead with yet another tax increase scheduled for October 2015.”

Jobless Rate for August, 3.5%

  • expected 3.8%, prior was 3.8%

Job-To-Applicant Ratio for August, 1.10

  • expected 1.10, prior was 1.10

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Now, where’s that cut-n-paste? … Ahhhh, here it is … yen little changed after the data.