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Japan Economic Calendar for May 17, 2020

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JAPAN ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Sun., May 17
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Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM GDP (Q-o-Q) Q1 P -0.9% -1.05% -1.8%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM GDP (Y-o-Y) Q1 P -3.4% - -7.1%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM GDP Deflator (Y-o-Y) Q1 P 0.9% 0.7% 1.2%
Mon., May 18
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Japanese Yen JPY 12:30 AM Tertiary Industry Index (Y-o-Y) MAR -5.7% - -0.9%
Japanese Yen JPY 12:30 AM Tertiary Industry Index (M-o-M) MAR -4.2% - -0.5%
Tue., May 19
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Japanese Yen JPY 12:30 AM Industrial Production (M-o-M) MAR F -3.7% - -0.3%
Japanese Yen JPY 12:30 AM Industrial Production (Y-o-Y) MAR F -5.2% - -5.7%
Japanese Yen JPY 12:30 AM Capacity Utilization Rate MAR F -0.4% - -0.1%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM Core Machinery Orders (M-o-M) MAR -0.4% -6.5% 2.3%
Wed., May 20
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Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM Imports APR -7.2% -10% -5.0%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM Trade Balance APR -930.4B -750B 4.9B
Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM Exports APR -21.9% -22% -11.7%
Japanese Yen JPY 08:30 PM PMI Manufacturing MAY P 38.4 - 41.9
Japanese Yen JPY 08:30 PM PMI Services MAY P 25.3 - 21.5
Japanese Yen JPY 08:30 PM PMI Composite MAY P 27.4 - 25.8
Thu., May 21
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Japanese Yen JPY 12:00 AM Monetary Policy Meeting - - - -
Japanese Yen JPY 12:00 AM Interest Rate Decision - -0.10% - -0.10%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:30 PM Core CPI (M-o-M) APR -0.3% - 0.0%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:30 PM CPI (Y-o-Y) APR 0.1% 0.13% 0.4%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:30 PM CPI (M-o-M) APR -0.2% - 0.0%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:30 PM Core CPI (Y-o-Y) APR 0.2% 0.15% 0.6%
Mon., May 25
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Japanese Yen JPY 01:00 AM Leading Index MAR F 84.7 - 91.9 (R)
Japanese Yen JPY 01:00 AM Coincidence Index MAR F 90.2 - 95.4 (R)
Japanese Yen JPY 01:00 AM Lagging Index MAR F 100.0 - 100.7 (R)
Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM Corp Service Price (Y-o-Y) APR 1.0% - 1.6%
Tue., May 26
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Japanese Yen JPY 12:30 AM All Industry Activity Index (M-o-M) MAR -3.8% -4% -0.6%
Thu., May 28
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Japanese Yen JPY 07:30 PM Tokyo Core CPI (Y-o-Y) MAY 0.5% 0% 0.2%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:30 PM Tokyo CPI (Y-o-Y) MAY 0.4% 0% 0.2%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:30 PM Unemployment Rate APR 2.6% 2.7% 2.5%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:30 PM Participation Rate APR 61.5% - 62.0%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:30 PM Job-To-Applicant Ratio APR 1.32 1.25 1.39
Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM Large Retailers' Sales APR -22.1% - -10.1%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y) APR -17.3% - -6.9 (R)%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM Retail Trade (Y-o-Y) APR -13.7% -7% -4.7 (R)%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM Industrial Production (Y-o-Y) APR P -14.4% -10.5% -5.2%
Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM Industrial Production (M-o-M) APR P -9.1% -4.75% -3.7%
Fri., May 29
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Japanese Yen JPY 01:00 AM Housing Starts (Y-o-Y) APR -12.9% - -7.6%
Japanese Yen JPY 01:00 AM Consumer Confidence Index MAY 24.0 - 21.6
Sun., May 31
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Japanese Yen JPY 06:50 PM Capital Spending (Q-o-Q) Q1 4.3% -5% -3.5%
Japanese Yen JPY 06:50 PM Capital Spending excl Software Q1 3.5% -5.5% -5.0%
Japanese Yen JPY 08:30 PM PMI Manufacturing MAY F 38.4 39.5 41.9
Mon., Jun 01
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Japanese Yen JPY 07:50 PM Monetary Base (Y-o-Y) APR 3.9% - 2.3%
Thu., Jun 04
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Japanese Yen JPY 07:30 PM Household Spending (Y-o-Y) MAY -11.1% - -6.0%

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