for examplemissed was the sales in the u.s., and i had to be visited at 11:00 this morning.s been hectic. ♪ all of theatching economic numbers that have come out -- inflation not really budging, still essentially flat there in japan. we did see retail sales miss on the other end. households ending on the other end had a tiny dip there. >> at least these numbers do not really change our view that despite the labor market tightening, and upward wage pressures, the pickup in inflation will be limited in the near term. >> i think the economy is picking up but if you look at around the globe -- it is happening elsewhere, so i do not think the bank of japan can take too much credit for it. weak, and in fact if you look at the service inflation, which is probably the best gauge of domestic rices is in japan, it actually turned negative last month for the first time since the bank launched quantitative easing. a big sign that the policy is not gaining much traction. 6.6% --umber is amiss, 2.6%. 2.6% -- 2.7%.as >> the headline number comes best comes down from estimations. inflation