Latest data released by METI - 14 August 2018

  • Industrial production -0.9% vs -1.2% y/y prelim
  • Capacity utilisation -2.2% vs -1.2% m/m prior

Slight delay in the release by the source. Preliminary figures can be found here. Slightly better than preliminary estimates on the headline readings. Not going to matter all too much though, as the figures here all feed into Q2 growth figures which we already saw last week.