Labor Cash Earnings +0.5 % y/y
– expected 0.4%, prior 0.5%
Real Cash earnings 0.0% (no change)
– expected -0.4%, prior +0.1%
– Japanese wages flat in January on an annual inflation-adjusted basis
Special payments, which include winter bonus, down 3.7%
Japan data – Labor Cash Earnings for January: 0.5% y/y (expected 0.4%)
