Japan - Balance of Payments Current Account for January

BoP Current Account Balance ¥ 607.4bn

  • expected ¥ 437.4B, prior ¥ 797.2B

BoP Current Account Adjusted ¥ 2022.6bn

  • expected ¥ 1761.9B, prior ¥ 1479.6B

Also out, bank lending for Februrary

  • excluding trusts +2.1% y/y (prior +2.3%)
  • including trusts ditto ... +2.1% y/y (prior +2.3%)

note most attention is on the second reading for Q4 2017 GDP which is out at the same time, on a separate post