Japan May retail sales up 3.0% on-year, beating expectations, but industrial output disappoints
June 28, 2015 at 19:52 PM EDT
Japan's retail sales rose 3.0 percent on year in May, beating a forecast for a 2.3 percent rise from a Reuters poll. But May industrial output fell 2.2 percent on month, worse than a Reuters poll forecast for a 0.8 percent decline. -By CNBC.Com' s Leslie Shaffer; Follow her on Twitter@ LeslieShaffer1.
