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Japan Core Inflation Rate

Japan Core Inflation Rate 19 February 2026

Japan Core Inflation Rate 19 February 2026: 2.0% for January 2026, in line with the forecast and against 2.4% in October 2025 (first reported as 3%). It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It was released on Thu 19 Feb 2026 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
2.0%
January 2026
Forecast
2%
The market consensus
Previous
2.4%
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 19 February 2026: 2.0% for January 2026 against a 2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Feb 2026Jan2.0%2%2.4%
20 Nov 2025Oct3%3%2.9%
23 Oct 2025Sep2.9%2.9%2.7%
18 Sep 2025Aug2.7%2.7%3.1%
21 Aug 2025Jul3.1%3%3.3%
17 Jul 2025Jun3.3%3.3%3.7%
19 Jun 2025May3.7%3.6%3.5%
22 May 2025Apr3.5%3.4%3.2%
17 Apr 2025Mar3.2%3.2%3%
20 Mar 2025Feb3%2.9%3.2%
20 Feb 2025Jan3.2%3.1%3%
23 Jan 2025Dec3%3%2.7%
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