Bank of Japan's own CPI calculation 30 Sept

  • +0.5% prev

Still not heading anywhere toward the 2% target

Also out from the govt stats office:

  • Japan housing starts for August +2.5% yy vs +8.9% prev
  • 956k vs 1.005m prev
  • construction orders yy 13.8% vs -10.9% prev

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