Japan data: Overall Household Spending -4.4%, Jobless Rate 3.3%, Job-To-Applicant Ratio 1.27

Japanese inflation data is on another post

Overall Household Spending y/y for December, -4.4%

• expected -2.5%, prior was -2.9%

Jobless Rate for December, 3.3%

• expected 3.3%, prior was 3.3%

Job-To-Applicant Ratio for December, 1.27

• expected 1.26, prior was 1.25

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The inflation data was disappointing.

But check out that Overall Household Spending result. Dreadful.