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The manufacturing sector in Japan slipped into contraction for the first time in nine months, the latest survey from Markit Economics showed on Friday with a revised manufacturing PMI reading of 49.9.

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Japan's gross domestic product climbed 0.6 percent on quarter in the first quarter of 2015, the Cabinet Office said in Wednesday's preliminary reading.

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The Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy unchanged, as expected, on Friday.

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Japan posted a merchandise trade deficit of 53.44 billion yen in April, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday.

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2015-05-28 13:30 GMT (or 15:30 MQ MT5 time) | [USD - Unemployment Claims]

• past data is 275K
• forecast data is 271K
• actual data is 282K according to the latest press release

if actual < forecast (or previous data) = good for currency (for USD in our case)

[USD - Unemployment Claims] = The number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week. Although it's generally viewed as a lagging indicator, the number of unemployed people is an important signal of overall economic health because consumer spending is highly correlated with labor-market conditions. Unemployment is also a major consideration for those steering the country's monetary policy.

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"In the week ending May 23, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claimswas 282,000, an increase of 7,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 274,000 to 275,000. The 4-week moving average was 271,500, an increase of 5,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 266,250 to 266,500."

"The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment ratewas 1.7 percent for the week ending May 16, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemploymentduring the week ending May 16 was 2,222,000, an increase of 11,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 2,211,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,221,250, a decrease of 8,500 from the previous week's unrevised average of 2,229,750. This is the lowest level for this average since November 25, 2000 when it was 2,211,250."

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USDJPY M5: 24 pips range price movement by USD - Unemployment Claims news event :

The manufacturing sector in Japan moved to expansion in May, the latest survey from Markit Economics showed on Monday, with a manufacturing PMI score of 50.9.

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Core machine orders in Japan jumped 3.8 percent on month in April, the Cabinet Office said on Wednesday - worth 902.5 billion yen.

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The Conference Board's leading economic index for Japan remained unchanged in April, the think tank said on Friday, after easing 0.4 percent in March.

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Japan posted a merchandise trade deficit of 215.974 billion yen in May, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday.

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The manufacturing sector in Japan slipped to contraction in June, Markit Economics said on Tuesday with a preliminary PMI score of 49.9.

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