Japan - Core Machinery Orders for February +2.3% m/m (expected -2.9%)

Feb data for machinery orders and also BoP

+2.3% m/m

• expected -2.9%, prior 2.9% m/m

-2.4% y/y

• expected -3.0%, prior -0.3% y/y

BoP Current Account Balance Y 3168.8bn

• expected Y 3067.2bn, prior Y 612.3bn

BoP Current Account Adjusted Y 2378.1bn

• expected Y 2025.4bn, prior Y 1626.8bn

Trade Balance BoP basis Y 3060.63bn

• expected Y 1215.0bn, prior Y -985.1bn

The data is not a focus a right now, especially from February. Meanwhile, yen continues to gain a few tics after the downdraft on US stocks after looking so priomising earlier on Tuesday.