• August Tertiary Industry index (measures the change in the total value of services purchased by businesses) -0.1% m/m, expected +0.1%, prior was +0.0%
  • Bank Lending excluding trusts September, +2.4% y/y: prior +2.3%
  • Bank Lending including trusts September +2.3% y/y: prior +2.2%

Yen unmoving on the data and on the release of the BOJ Minutes. Yeah, surprising. Not.

To be fair to the currency, not much movement at all so far in the timezone.