Australia Private Sector Credit (MoM) steadies at 0.2% in Feb

With recently released retail sales data for Japan year on year at -2.3% when an increase of +0.9% was expected, and coming from a previous -1.1%, number reflects worst result in more than a year, since late 2011, falling for third consecutive month. USD/JPY trades at near session lows 94.33, off NY session highs at 94.53, ahead of BoJ Kuroda appearance before parliament at 02:00 GMT, while Nikkei index opens below the 12500 points mark, down -0.4% so far.