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Japan Core Inflation Rate

Japan Core Inflation Rate 19 August 2021

Japan Core Inflation Rate 19 August 2021: -0.2% for July 2021, above the -0.4% forecast and against -0.5% in June 2021 (first reported as 0.2%). It is the lowest reading since February 2021. 5 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Thu 19 Aug 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
-0.2%
July 2021
Forecast
-0.4%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.5%
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 19 August 2021: -0.2% for July 2021 against a -0.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Aug 2021Jul-0.2%-0.4%-0.5%
19 Jul 2021Jun0.2%0.2%0.1%
17 Jun 2021May0.1%0.1%-0.1%
20 May 2021Apr-0.1%-0.2%-0.1%
22 Apr 2021Mar-0.1%-0.1%-0.4%
18 Mar 2021Feb-0.4%-0.4%-0.6%
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%
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