Japan retail sales for February: 0.2% m/m (vs. expected 1.0%)

Japan retail sales for February

0.2 % m/m , miss

• expected 1.0% m/m, prior -1.8%

0.4 % y/y, miss

• expected 1.0% y/y, prior 0.6%

Most focus will be on the industrial output data:

• Japan industrial production for February, preliminary: 1.4% m/m (expected 1.4%)

Yen is up a few ticks as I post, not much in it though.