Japan PPI for February 0.4% m/m (vs expected 0.5%)

Producer Price Index is inflation at a business-to-business level (in a nutshell).

0.4% m/m

• expected 0.5%, prior 0.4% m/m

-0.7% y/y

• expected -0.7%, prior -1.6% y/y

The 'domestic final goods prices' index, which loosely correlates with CPI comes in at -0.1% y/y