Japan Economic Data Calendar

Date  Local                                                   Prior  Est.

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23-Jan 0850 **  Dec    Trade balance                          -85.2    -- b JPY

23-Jan 0850 **  Dec    Trade balance y/y                      -88.5    --   %

23-Jan 0850 **  Dec    Exports y/y                             -7.9    --   %

23-Jan 0850 **  Dec    Imports y/y                            -15.7    --   %

24-Jan 0830 *** Dec    Core national CPI y/y                   +0.5    --   %

31-Jan 0830 **  Jan    Core central Tokyo CPI y/y              +0.8    --   %

31-Jan 0850 **  Dec    Industrial production m/m               -0.9    --   %

31-Jan 0850 *   Dec    Retail sales y/y                        -2.1    --   %

07-Feb 0830 **  Dec    Total wages y/y                         -0.2    --   %

07-Feb 0830 **  Dec    Base wages y/y                          +0.2    --   %

07-Feb 0830 **  Dec    Real wages y/y                          -0.9    --   %

07-Feb 0830 **  Jan    Household spending y/y                  -2.0    --   %

13-Feb 0850 *   Jan    Corp goods price index m/m              +0.1    --   %

13-Feb 0850 *   Jan    CGPI y/y                                +0.9    --   %

17-Feb 0850 *** Q4     GDP (p) q/q                             +0.4    --   %

17-Feb 0850 *** Q4     GDP (p) annualized                      +1.8    --   %

19-Feb 0850 **  Jan    Trade balance                             --    -- b JPY

19-Feb 0850 **  Jan    Trade balance y/y                         --    --   %

19-Feb 0850 **  Jan    Exports y/y                               --    --   %

19-Feb 0850 **  Jan    Imports y/y                               --    --   %

19-Feb 0850 *   Dec    Machinery orders m/m                   +18.0    --   %

21-Feb 0830 *** Jan    Core national CPI y/y                     --    --   %

--MNI Tokyo Bureau; tel: +81 90-2175-0040; email: hiroshi.inoue@marketnews.com

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