Japan, inflation
Japan's core inflation accelerates for 4th month in August
Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated for the fourth straight month in August and tracked comfortably above the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive expectations for further interest rate hikes.
Japan's core inflation rate rises for 4th month to 2.8% in August, as expected
The core consumer price index in Japan, which excludes fresh food but includes fuel costs, increased by 2.8% Y/Y in August 2024, posting the highest reading since February and matching market expectations.
Japan core consumer prices up 2.8% in August
Rice prices shot up 28.3%, electricity rates soared 26.2% and city gas rates 15.1%, following an end of government subsidies.
Japan Consumer Prices Rose at Slightly Faster Pace in August
Japan’s consumer inflation grew at a slightly faster pace in August and stayed well above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target.
Japan August inflation seen accelerating, boosting case for BOJ rate hike: Reuters poll
Japan's consumer inflation rate likely picked up for the fourth straight month in August, a Reuters poll of 20 economists showed, tracking comfortably above the central bank's 2% target and keeping alive expectations for more rate hikes ahead.
Japan's core consumer prices up 2.8% in August on higher food costs
Japan's core consumer prices in August rose 2.8 percent from a year earlier, increasing at a faster pace for the fourth straight mont
China, Japan and Fukushima
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Japan’s trade deficit grows while both imports, exports fall short of forecasts
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Ostrich for dinner? Shaky beef supply, shortage of rice ram home Japan’s food security fears
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Japan Consumer Inflation Picked Up in August Amid BOJ Rate Hike View
TOKYO—Japan’s consumer inflation grew at a faster pace in August and stayed well above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target ...
Japan's August Wholesale Inflation Slows, Takes Pressure off BOJ
The corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures the price companies charge each other for their goods and services, ...
China Says It Will ‘Gradually’ Resume Imports of Japanese Seafood
China imposed a ban last year after Japan began releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. They ...