Japanese economic growth (GDP) data and Chinese trade data are highlights of the data agenda in Asia on Monday, September 8, 2025.
The big news from Japan over the weekend was the resignation of Prime Minister Ishaba, which has sparked concenrrs that polticial uncertainty may delay Bank of Japan rate hikes further and weighed on the yen:
Yen is off to a weak start with the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba
Monday open levels, indicative FX prices, 8 September ’25. Japan PM Ishiba quit, yen lower
USD/JPY update, around 148.10. ICYMI, JPY slammed lower after Japan PM Ishiba resignedUSD/JPY – we got a gap to fill!
Japanese GDP, Q2 2025:
Q/Q is expected to be unrevised at 0.3% (prior 0.3%)growth seen in strong business investment, significant rebound in net exportsnegative contribution from inventories
Chinese Trade Balance, August 2025″
analysts don’t expect major surprisesthe extension of the US-China trade war truce kept tariffs at the status quo, no significant US-China trade developments last month
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.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.