Annualized Housing Starts

The Annualized Housing Starts released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport captures how many new single-family homes or buildings were constructed. It shows the strength of the Japanese housing market, which can be considered as the economy as a whole due to Housing Starts' sensitivity to changes in the business cycle. A high reading is seen as positive, or bullish for the JPY, while a low reading is seen as negative, or bearish.

Next event - Friday 30 January 2026 05:00

Previous
0.718M
Actual
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The typical/expected market impact of this event is low.

Most recent - Thursday 25 December 2025 05:00

Previous
0.803M
Revised
-
Actual
-

Trading range

Announcement history

Past events

Date
Actual
Thursday 25 December 2025 05:00
-
Friday 28 November 2025 05:00
0.803M
Friday 31 October 2025 05:00
0.728M
Tuesday 30 September 2025 05:00
0.711M
Friday 29 August 2025 05:00
0.712M
Thursday 31 July 2025 05:00
0.647M
Monday 30 June 2025 05:00
0.529M
Friday 30 May 2025 05:00
0.626M
Wednesday 30 April 2025 05:00
1.08M
Monday 31 March 2025 05:00
0.805M
Friday 28 February 2025 05:00
0.774M
Friday 31 January 2025 05:00
0.787M
Thursday 26 December 2024 05:00
0.775M
Friday 29 November 2024 05:00
0.7M
Thursday 31 October 2024 05:00
0.8M
Monday 30 September 2024 05:00
0.777M
Friday 30 August 2024 05:00
0.773M
Wednesday 31 July 2024 05:00
0.765M
Friday 28 June 2024 05:00
0.813M
Friday 31 May 2024 05:00
0.88M
Tuesday 30 April 2024 05:00
0.76M
Friday 29 March 2024 05:00
0.795M
Thursday 29 February 2024 05:00
0.802M
Wednesday 31 January 2024 05:00
0.814M
Wednesday 27 December 2023 05:00
0.775M
Thursday 30 November 2023 05:00
0.808M
Tuesday 31 October 2023 05:00
0.8M
Friday 29 September 2023 05:00
0.812M
Thursday 31 August 2023 05:00
0.778M
Monday 31 July 2023 05:00
0.811M
Friday 30 June 2023 05:00
0.862M
Wednesday 31 May 2023 05:00
0.771M
Friday 28 April 2023 05:00
0.877M
Friday 31 March 2023 05:00
0.859M
Tuesday 28 February 2023 05:00
0.893M
Tuesday 31 January 2023 05:00
0.846M

Economic context

Recent economic data has been strongly bearish for JPY. Other recent announcements which may affect the market's interpretation of the next Annualized Housing Starts result:

PreviousLatest
National Consumer Price Index (YoY)Bearish change2.9%2.1%
National CPI ex Food, Energy (YoY)Bearish change3%2.9%
National CPI ex Fresh Food (YoY)Bearish change3%2.4%
Adjusted Merchandise Trade BalanceBearish change¥62.9B¥-0.21B
Exports (YoY)Bearish change6.1%5.1%
Imports (YoY)Bullish change1.3%5.3%
Merchandise Trade Balance TotalBearish change¥322.2B¥105.7B

About Annualized Housing Starts

Country:Japan
Currency:JPY
Source:Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
Category:Housing Market
Frequency:Monthly
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