"Japan's Statistics Bureau said that Japanese Household Spending shrank by 0.9% in September compared with expansion of 1.8% in the preceding month.Analysts had expected Japanese Household Spending to grow by 0.7% last month.Japan’s unemployment rate, meanwhile, remained unchanged in September at 4.2%, in line with expectations."
Source: Asian stocks mixed to higher on hopes of BoJ easing; Nikkei up 0.48%
By Forexpros
Oct 30, 2012