Japan Core Inflation Rate 26 January 2017
Japan Core Inflation Rate 26 January 2017: -0.2% for December 2016, below the 0.8% forecast and up from -0.4% in November 2016. It is the highest reading since February 2016. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. It was released on Thu 26 Jan 2017 at 23:30 UTC.
These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Statistics Bureau of Japan. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.
What a print like this usually does
Below the forecast: A clear miss or sustained slowdown usually weighs on the yen by reducing expected BoJ tightening.

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Japan Core Inflation Rate 26 January 2017: -0.2% vs 0.8% forecast (Statistics Bureau of Japan). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/jp-core-cpi/2017-01-26