Japan September Retail Sales +0.5% y/y (expected 2.3%)

Not shown in the screenshot,

• large retailer sales +2% vs. +5% prior
• m/m retail sales -2.3% vs. prior +0.8%

Disappointing results vs. the more encouraging industrial output data.

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Still to come today:

• Bank of Japan Policy Meeting Preview – Don’t Hold Your Breath for a Hike
• Preview – Bank of Japan meeting this week – no change to policy expected
• Japanese Inflation Data Impact on USD/JPY; BoJ Meeting Outlook

The Bank of Japan don’t have a set time for publishing their decision. Its usually in the 0230 to 0330 GMT time window:

• 2230 – 2330 US Eastern time

Bank of Japan Governor Ueda will follow with a press conference, and for that we do have a time, 0630 GMT

• 0230 US Eastern time

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.