Japan February housing starts y/y -2.6% vs -4.2% expected - ConsultFX

Japan February housing starts y/y -2.6% vs -4.2% expected

Latest data released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism - 30 March 2018 Not as big of a miss, showing that last month's sharp cooldown in demand was a bit of a one-off. A minor data point.