Japan Inflation Rate (CPI)

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 28 September 2017

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 28 September 2017: 0.7% for August 2017, in line with the forecast and up from 0.4% in July 2017. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. Printed 0.7%, below the 2% target. It was released on Thu 28 Sep 2017 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
0.7%
August 2017
Forecast
0.7%
The market consensus
Previous
0.4%
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) 28 September 2017: 0.7% for August 2017 against a 0.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 28 September 2017: 0.7% vs 0.7% forecast (Ministry of Internal Affairs & Communications). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/jp-cpi/2017-09-28

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
28 Sep 2017Aug0.7%0.7%0.4%
24 Aug 2017Jul0.4%0.4%0.4%
27 Jul 2017Jun0.4%0.4%0.4%
29 Jun 2017May0.4%0.5%0.4%
25 May 2017Apr0.4%0.4%0.2%
27 Apr 2017Mar0.2%0.3%0.3%
30 Mar 2017Feb0.3%0.3%0.4%
2 Mar 2017Jan0.4%0.4%0.3%
26 Jan 2017Dec0.3%0.2%0.5%
26 Dec 2016Nov0.5%—0.1%
24 Nov 2016Oct0.1%-0.4%-0.5%
27 Oct 2016Sep-0.5%-0.5%-0.5%