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Japan Core Inflation Rate

Japan Core Inflation Rate 20 February 2020

Japan Core Inflation Rate 20 February 2020: 0.8% for January 2020, in line with the forecast and up from 0.7% in December 2019. It is the highest reading since May 2019. It was released on Thu 20 Feb 2020 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
0.8%
January 2020
Forecast
0.8%
The market consensus
Previous
0.7%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: The yen response is limited unless the composition points to a meaningful change in persistent inflation.

Japan Core Inflation Rate 20 February 2020: 0.8% for January 2020 against a 0.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Feb 2020Jan0.8%0.8%0.7%
23 Jan 2020Dec0.7%0.7%0.5%
19 Dec 2019Nov0.5%0.5%0.4%
21 Nov 2019Oct0.4%0.4%0.3%
17 Oct 2019Sep0.3%0.3%0.5%
19 Sep 2019Aug0.5%0.5%0.6%
22 Aug 2019Jul0.6%0.6%0.6%
18 Jul 2019Jun0.6%0.6%0.8%
20 Jun 2019May0.8%0.8%0.9%
23 May 2019Apr0.9%0.9%0.8%
18 Apr 2019Mar0.8%0.7%0.7%
21 Mar 2019Feb0.7%0.8%0.8%
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