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Japan Core Inflation Rate

Japan Core Inflation Rate 17 May 2018

Japan Core Inflation Rate 17 May 2018: 0.7% for April 2018, below the 0.8% forecast and down from 0.9% in March 2018. It is the lowest reading since September 2017. 2 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 17 May 2018 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.

Actual
0.7%
April 2018
Forecast
0.8%
The market consensus
Previous
0.9%
As the source gives it

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.

Japan Core Inflation Rate 17 May 2018: 0.7% for April 2018 against a 0.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
17 May 2018Apr0.7%0.8%0.9%
19 Apr 2018Mar0.9%0.9%1%
22 Mar 2018Feb1%1%0.9%
22 Feb 2018Jan0.9%0.9%0.9%
25 Jan 2018Dec0.9%0.9%0.9%
25 Dec 2017Nov0.9%0.8%0.8%
30 Nov 2017Oct0.8%0.8%0.7%
26 Oct 2017Sep0.7%0.8%0.7%
28 Sep 2017Aug0.7%0.7%0.5%
24 Aug 2017Jul0.5%0.5%0.4%
27 Jul 2017Jun0.4%0.4%0.4%
29 Jun 2017May0.4%0.4%0.3%
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