Japan BoP Current Account Balance for September: ¥ 1821.6B (expected ¥ 1786.5B)

Balance of payments current account numbers

BoP Current Account Balance for September, Y 1821.6bn

• expected ¥ 1786.5B, prior ¥ 1838.4B

BoP Current Account Adjusted Y 1334.0bn

• expected ¥ 1349.9B, prior ¥ 1428.8B

Trade Balance BoP Basis Y 323.3

• expected ¥ 334.2B, prior ¥ -219.3B

Bank Lending excluding trusts October +2.2% y/y

• prior +2.3%

Bank Lending including trusts 2.2% y/y

• prior +2.3%

Capex indication data out at the same time:

• Japan - Core machinery orders for September: -18.3% m/m (expected -9.0%)

Japanese data … you know the drill …. yen barely moves

more to come