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Japan Inflation Rate (CPI)

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 25 January 2018

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 25 January 2018: 1% for December 2017, below the 1.1% forecast and up from 0.6% in November 2017. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 3 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. Printed 1%, below the 2% target. It was released on Thu 25 Jan 2018 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
1%
December 2017
Forecast
1.1%
The market consensus
Previous
0.6%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A clear slowdown usually weighs on the yen if it reduces the likelihood of BoJ tightening.

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 25 January 2018: 1% for December 2017 against a 1.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
25 Jan 2018Dec1%1.1%0.6%
25 Dec 2017Nov0.6%0.5%0.2%
30 Nov 2017Oct0.2%0.2%0.7%
26 Oct 2017Sep0.7%0.7%0.7%
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%
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