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Japan Inflation Rate (CPI)

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 21 March 2019

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 21 March 2019: 0.2% for February 2019, below the 0.3% forecast and unchanged from 0.2% in January 2019. 3 of the last 11 releases came in below the forecast. Printed 0.2%, below the 2% target. It was released on Thu 21 Mar 2019 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
0.2%
February 2019
Forecast
0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
0.2%
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) 21 March 2019: 0.2% for February 2019 against a 0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Mar 2019Feb0.2%0.3%0.2%
21 Feb 2019Jan0.2%0.2%0.3%
17 Jan 2019Dec0.3%0.3%0.8%
20 Dec 2018Nov0.8%0.8%1.4%
21 Nov 2018Oct1.4%1.4%1.2%
18 Oct 2018Sep1.2%—1.3%
20 Sep 2018Aug1.3%1.1%0.9%
23 Aug 2018Jul0.9%0.4%0.7%
19 Jul 2018Jun0.7%0.8%0.7%
21 Jun 2018May0.7%0.3%0.6%
17 May 2018Apr0.6%0.7%1.1%
19 Apr 2018Mar1.1%1.1%1.5%
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