Housing Starts (YoY)

Actual
-0.3%
Previous
6.6%
Forecast
-0.5%

The Housing Starts released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport captures how many new single-family homes or buildings were constructed. It shows the strength of the Japanese housing market, which can be considered as the economy as a whole due to Housing Starts'' sensitivity to changes in the business cycle. Generally speaking, a high reading is seen as positive, or bullish for the JPY, while a low reading is seen as negative, or bearish.

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