Japan’s factory output edged down in December, nat as bad as expected

More data from Japan (below). I’ll have more to come on this separately.

Earlier:

• Tokyo inflation cools in January, reducing BoJ rate hike urgency. Weight on yen.

Japan manufacturers see January output +9.3% m/m (prev forecast: +8.0%)

• see February output -4.3% m/m

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.