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Japan Core Inflation Rate

Japan Core Inflation Rate 21 May 2026

Japan Core Inflation Rate 21 May 2026: 1.4% for April 2026, below the 1.7% forecast and down from 1.8% in March 2026. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. 2 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Thu 21 May 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
1.4%
April 2026
Forecast
1.7%
The market consensus
Previous
1.8%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A clear miss or sustained slowdown usually weighs on the yen by reducing expected BoJ tightening.

Japan Core Inflation Rate 21 May 2026: 1.4% for April 2026 against a 1.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 May 2026Apr1.4%1.7%1.8%
23 Apr 2026Mar1.8%1.8%1.6%
23 Mar 2026Feb1.6%1.7%2.0%
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%
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