Japanese data for September:

Overall Household Spending y/y for September, -0.3%. A disappointing miss.

  • expected 0.6%, prior was 0.6%
  • For the m/m, was +0.4% (beating expected of +0.1%)

Jobless Rate for September, 2.8%

  • expected 2.8%, prior was 2.8%

Job-To-Applicant Ratio for September, 1.52

  • expected 1.53, prior was 1.52
  • Job availability highest in 43 years. Despite this wage growth remains well slow.

Yen is barely moving.

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Still to come, due at 2350 GMT - Japan - Industrial production for September (preliminary)

  • Industrial Production m/m expected is -1.6%, prior was -2.0%
  • Industrial Production y/y expected is 2.0%, prior was 5.3%
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