Japan December 2024 Industrial Production is not encouraging:

-0.2% m/m

  • preliminary +0.3% m/m, prior -2.2%

-1.6% y/y

  • prelim was -1.1%
  • prior -2.7%

Capacity Utilization -0.2% m/m

  • prior -1.9%

Also out is Japan Tertiary Industry Activity Index for December

+0.10%

  • expected: 0.20, prior -1.20

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USD/JPY is lower on the session following the huge beat for Q4 GDP:

usdyen gdp 17 February 2025 334
Source: Forex Live