More Japan data: January retail sales beat and industrial production miss

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USDJPY update 27 February 2026

Data only, I'll have more to come on this, details and analysis, separately. Added, just a snippet, here:

Japan January:

Retail Sales +1.8% y/y

  • expected -0.4%, prior -0.9%

Industrial Production +2.2% m.m

  • expected 5.3%, prior -0.1%

Manufacturers see:

February output -0.5% m/m

  • prior forecast -4.3%

March output -2.6% m/m

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