JAPAN DATA: Japan’s Consumer Confidence Survey index for March, due
out at 1400 JST (0500 GMT) on Tuesday, is expected to have plunged in
the wake the March 11 disaster. The Economy Watchers’ Survey index for
current economic conditions, another piece of government data measuring
sentiment, tumbled in March to a two-year low. Meanwhile, the Cabinet
Office will release the Consumer Confidence Survey index on a seasonally
adjusted basis, starting with the March data, as the headline figure,
replacing the unadjusted series. Seasonally adjusted monthly figures
date back to April 2004. Unadjusted figures will be released as
reference data.