February machine orders -0.4% m/m and +5.9% y/y
- expected -2.2% m/m, prior was -1.7%
- expected +4.3% y/y, prior was +1.9%
March PPI +0.3% m/m and +0.7% y/y
- expected -0.1% m/m, prior was -0.1% (revised from 0.0%)
- expected +0.4% y/y, prior was +0.4% (revised from +0.5%)
March money stock ...
M2 3.6% y/y
- expected +3.6% y/y, prior was +3.5%
M3 3.0% y/y
- expected 3.0% y/y, prior was 2.9%
USD/JPY not doing a real lot after the data. But, on the bright side, machine orders didn't fall as much as expected on a m/m basis, and even exceeded expectations on the y/y
