The Reuters Tankan for Japan is not listed in the screenshot, but its due at 2300 GMT / 1800 US Eastern time.
Japan’s economy is throwing mixed signals, but generally seems improving. Eyes on this from Reuters today.
The Reuters Tankan Index provides a monthly snapshot assessing Japanese business sentiment ahead of the Bank of Japan’s quarterly report also with the Tankan name. The term “Tankan” is short for “Tanshin Kansoku,” which roughly translates to “Short-term Economic Observation”.
- This snapshot from the investingLive economic data calendar.
- The times in the left-most column are GMT.
- The numbers in the right-most column are the ‘prior’ (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.
