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Japan Core Inflation Rate

Japan Core Inflation Rate 18 February 2021

Japan Core Inflation Rate 18 February 2021: -0.6% for January 2021, above the -0.7% forecast and up from -1% in December 2020. It is the highest reading since September 2020. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 18 Feb 2021 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
-0.6%
January 2021
Forecast
-0.7%
The market consensus
Previous
-1%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A broad beat, especially in underlying prices, usually supports the yen through a more hawkish BoJ rate outlook.

Japan Core Inflation Rate 18 February 2021: -0.6% for January 2021 against a -0.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Feb 2021Jan-0.6%-0.7%-1%
21 Jan 2021Dec-1%-1.1%-0.9%
17 Dec 2020Nov-0.9%-0.9%-0.7%
19 Nov 2020Oct-0.7%-0.7%-0.3%
22 Oct 2020Sep-0.3%-0.4%-0.4%
17 Sep 2020Aug-0.4%-0.4%0%
20 Aug 2020Jul0.0%0.1%0.0%
20 Jul 2020Jun0.0%-0.1%-0.2%
18 Jun 2020May-0.2%-0.1%-0.2%
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%
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