At 2350GMT:
- Trade balance for January: expected is Y -2487.0bn, prior was Y -1304.2bn
- Trade balance (adjusted) for January: expected is Y -1510.0bn, prior was Y 1148.6bn
- Exports for January y/y: expected is +12.7%, prior was +15.3%
- Imports for January y/y: expected is +22.7%, prior was +24.7%
Also at 2350GMT, the regular International Transactions in Securities data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance, for the week ended February 14
- Japan Buying Foreign Bonds
- Japan Buying Foreign Stocks
- Foreign Buying Japan Bonds
- Foreign Buying Japan Stocks
- Prior week is here … and this article caused a bit of consternation following last week’s release … quite right too.
