Japan Foreign Equity Purchases as of October 3, 2025: Accelerated Capital Outflows

On October 9, 2025, Japan's Ministry of Finance released weekly data on foreign equity purchases for the period ending October 3. The reported figure was -1.4527 trillion yen, compared to the previous value of -11.6 billion yen.This dataset measures the weekly volume of Japanese domestic capital invested in foreign equities, indicating trends in capital outflows and inflows. A positive value reflects net purchases of foreign equities by residents (capital outflow), while a negative value indicates net sales by residents (capital inflow). The latest result came in below expectations, which may exert downward pressure on the yen.The importance level of this indicator is 2. The methodology involves calculating the difference between Japanese purchases and sales of foreign equities. Data is released weekly, with the next publication scheduled for October 17, 2025.

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