Japan - Retail Sales for March: -0.7% m/m (expected 0.0%)

Donuts expected for the month on month change in retail sales in Japan for March

But worse than that, comes in at -0.7 % m/m ... miss

• expected 0.0% change m/m, prior 0.5%

and +1.0 % y/y ... miss

• expected 1.5% y/y, prior 1.7%

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