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Japan Core Inflation Rate

Japan Core Inflation Rate 21 May 2020

Japan Core Inflation Rate 21 May 2020: -0.2% for April 2020, below the -0.1% forecast and down from 0.4% in March 2020. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 1 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 21 May 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
-0.2%
April 2020
Forecast
-0.1%
The market consensus
Previous
0.4%
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 21 May 2020: -0.2% for April 2020 against a -0.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 May 2020Apr-0.2%-0.1%0.4%
23 Apr 2020Mar0.4%0.4%0.6%
18 Mar 2020Feb0.6%0.6%0.8%
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%
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