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Japan Core Inflation Rate

Japan Core Inflation Rate 18 May 2023

Japan Core Inflation Rate 18 May 2023: 3.4% for April 2023, in line with the forecast and up from 3.1% in March 2023. It is the highest reading since January 2023. It was released on Thu 18 May 2023 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
3.4%
April 2023
Forecast
3.4%
The market consensus
Previous
3.1%
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 18 May 2023: 3.4% for April 2023 against a 3.4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 May 2023Apr3.4%3.4%3.1%
20 Apr 2023Mar3.1%3.1%3.1%
23 Mar 2023Feb3.1%3.1%4.2%
23 Feb 2023Jan4.2%4.2%4%
19 Jan 2023Dec4%4%3.7%
22 Dec 2022Nov3.7%3.7%3.6%
17 Nov 2022Oct3.6%3.5%3%
20 Oct 2022Sep3%3%2.8%
19 Sep 2022Aug2.8%2.7%2.4%
18 Aug 2022Jul2.4%2.4%2.2%
21 Jul 2022Jun2.2%2.2%2.1%
23 Jun 2022May2.1%2.1%2.1%
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