Japan Bank lending (YoY) 2.2% in February

Japan's final GDP (seasonally adjusted) for Q4 came at +0.2% q/q vs +0.2% expected and +0.3% last. The annualized GDP Q4 stood at +0.7% vs +0.9% expected and +1.1% last. Meanwhile, the BoP current account balance for January was Y – 1589.0bn vs -1411.8B expected and Y -638.6 last.