March 2017 Japan housing starts and construction orders report 28 April 2017
Prior 0.944m
0.2% vs -2.6% exp y/y. Prior -2.6%
Construction orders 1.1% vs 5.7% prior y/y
This lot are nearly as slow as the Italians for getting data out on time. Domestic construction orders fell 0.4% vs 5.1% in Feb. Foreign orders were up a whopping 84.7% vs 33.3% prior but these numbers are very very volatile.
Japan housing starts y/y
