Japan Economic Data Calendar

Date  Local                                                   Prior  Est.

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20-Apr 0850 **  Mar    Trade balance                          1,108 419.7 b JPY

20-Apr 0850 **  Mar    Trade balance y/y                       +237.3  --   %

20-Apr 0850 **  Mar    Exports y/y                             -1.0  -9.8   %

20-Apr 0850 **  Mar    Imports y/y                            -13.9  -9.6   %

24-Apr 0830 *** Mar    Core national CPI y/y                   +0.6  +0.4   %

30-Apr 0850 **  Mar    Industrial production m/m               +0.4    --   %

30-Apr 0850 *   Mar    Retail sales y/y                        +1.6    --   %

01-May 0830 **  Apr    Core central Tokyo CPI y/y              +0.4    --   %

08-May 0830 **  Apr    Household spending y/y                  -0.3    --   %

08-May 0830 **  Mar    Total wages y/y                         +1.0    --   %

08-May 0830 **  Mar    Base wages y/y                          +0.8    --   %

08-May 0830 **  Mar    Real wages y/y                          +0.5    --   %

15-May 0850 *   Apr    Corp goods price index m/m              -0.9    --   %

15-May 0850 *   Apr    CGPI y/y                                -0.4    --   %

18-May 0850 *** Q1     GDP (p) q/q                             -1.8    --   %

18-May 0850 *** Q1     GDP (p) annualized                      -7.1    --   %

20-May 0850 *   Mar    Machinery orders m/m                    +2.3    --   %

21-May 0850 **  Apr    Trade balance                             --    -- b JPY

21-May 0850 **  Apr    Trade balance y/y                         --    --   %

21-May 0850 **  Apr    Exports y/y                               --    --   %

21-May 0850 **  Apr    Imports y/y                               --    --   %

22-May 0830 *** Apr    Core national CPI y/y                     --    --   %

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

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