AI Data Insight
Japan's newly released Q2 (April 2026) wholesale sales stood at 42,423 billion yen. Although lower than the previous period's 44,520 billion yen, the seasonally adjusted monthly increase was 4.1%, with a year-on-year growth of 6.5%. Benefiting from the depreciation of the yen, which pushed up nominal prices, and the domestic demand inventory buildup driven by the "Shunto" wage growth, Japan's overall commercial sales continued to expand. Moving forward, the focus will shift to the actual impact of the Bank of Japan's monetary policy on inflation and consumption.