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Japan Inflation Rate (CPI)

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 26 May 2016

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 26 May 2016: -0.3% for April 2016, in line with the forecast and down from -0.1% in March 2016. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. Printed -0.3%, below the 2% target. It was released on Thu 26 May 2016 at 23:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
-0.3%
April 2016
Forecast
-0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.1%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: The yen usually moves little unless the components give a new signal on persistent inflation.

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 26 May 2016: -0.3% for April 2016 against a -0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
26 May 2016Apr-0.3%-0.3%-0.1%
27 Apr 2016Mar-0.1%0%0.3%
24 Mar 2016Feb0.3%0%0%
25 Feb 2016Jan0%0.0%0.2%
28 Jan 2016Dec0.2%0.2%0.3%
24 Dec 2015Nov0.3%0.3%0.3%
26 Nov 2015Oct0.3%0%0.0%
29 Oct 2015Sep0.0%—0.2%
25 Sep 2015Aug0.2%-0.1%0.2%
28 Aug 2015Jul0.2%0.2%0.4%
31 Jul 2015Jun0.4%0.3%0.5%
26 Jun 2015May0.5%—0.6%
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