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Japan Core Inflation Rate

Japan Core Inflation Rate 20 March 2025

Japan Core Inflation Rate 20 March 2025: 3% for February 2025, above the 2.9% forecast and down from 3.2% in January 2025. It is the second release in a row above the forecast. It was released on Thu 20 Mar 2025 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%
February 2025
Forecast
2.9%
The market consensus
Previous
3.2%
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 20 March 2025: 3% for February 2025 against a 2.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
20 Mar 2025Feb3%2.9%3.2%
20 Feb 2025Jan3.2%3.1%3%
23 Jan 2025Dec3%3%2.7%
19 Dec 2024Nov2.7%2.6%2.3%
21 Nov 2024Oct2.3%2.2%2.4%
17 Oct 2024Sep2.4%2.3%2.8%
19 Sep 2024Aug2.8%2.8%2.7%
22 Aug 2024Jul2.7%2.7%2.6%
18 Jul 2024Jun2.6%2.7%2.5%
20 Jun 2024May2.5%2.6%2.2%
23 May 2024Apr2.2%2.2%2.6%
18 Apr 2024Mar2.6%2.7%2.8%
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