Recap of Japan consumer prices data

Its been a busy morning for Japanese data and BOJ

• BOJ Summary of Opinions (Sept 20/21 meeting) - best to maintain current policy
• Japan Industrial Production (August preliminary): 2.1% m/m (expected 1.8%)
• Japan Retail Trade (August): -1.7% m/m (expected -0.5%)
• Japan inflation data - National CPI for August: 0.7% y/y (expected 0.6%)
• Overall Household Spending (August): 0.6% y/y (plus jobs data)

And USD/JPY buyers

• USD/JPY edging higher - fix related buying cited

Here is Reuters with a recap of the inflation data from earlier:

• Japan consumer prices rise for 8th month, welcome sign for BOJ's goal

(Have to admit I don't think much of that headline ;-) )