Japan data - Oct. retail sales beat, coming in at +3.5% y/y vs. 2.7% expected

And for the m/m, comes in at +1.2% against the +0.4% expected

• October also improves on September, where the y/y was +2.1% and the m/m -0.2%

As (pretty much) always, yen barely budges on the release of Japanese data. Where is Powell when you need him to open his mouth? C'mon Jay, don't forget about the Asia time traders!