Japanese data.

August preliminary industrial production 2.7% m/m for a huge beat

  • expected +0.2%, prior 0.8%

and 5.1% y/y

  • prior -2%

Manufactures outlooks are encouraging also:

  • see output in September at +2.9% m/m
  • see output in October at +3.2% m/m

The Japanese government add their assessment, raises it and says IP is picking up moderately.

Earlier data from Japan:

This also related to JPY :

Chinese data the focus and is still to come: