Japan’s July Core Machinery Orders -1.1% m/m (expected -0.9%; last 2.7%); -13.0% yr/yr (expected -10.7%; last -5.8%).
July Industrial Production -1.8% m/m (expected -2.0%; last -2.4%)
Capacity Utilization -2.2% m/m (last 3.8%)
Singapore’s Q2 Unemployment Rate 1.9%, as expected (last 1.9%)
India’s August WPI Inflation -0.5% yr/yr (expected -0.6%; last -1.4%)
Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida said that more policies to support higher pay will be introduced in October.
Japan sold 20-yr debt to strong demand.