Japan September retail sales drop 0.2% on-year, BOJ under stimulus pressure

``The retail sales news could add to pressure on the Bank of Japan under to expand monetary stimulus, possibly as soon as its rate review meeting on Friday, when it is also expected to slash its rosy economic and price projections, analysts say. Retail sales fell 0.2 percent in September from a year earlier, compared with economists' median estimate for a 0.4 percent rise, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Wednesday.''