JAPAN DATA: Japan’s core consumer price index for January is
expected to show a 0.2% fall from a year earlier, posting the fourth
consecutive monthly y/y fall after -0.1% in December, according to the
median forecast of economists polled by Market News International. The
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will release the CPI
data at 0830 JST on Friday, Mar. 2 (2330 GMT Thursday).