Japanese January industrial production data is out at the same time and will be more of a focus ... its on a separate post
Not that either is likely to budget the needle on the yen too much is past experience is anything to go on
OK, where were we ... Retail sales data for January:
-1.8 % m/m, ... abig, big miss
- expected -0.6%, prior was +0.9%
+1.6% % y/y,
- expected +2.4%, prior was +3.6%