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Japan Inflation Rate (CPI)

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 23 May 2019

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 23 May 2019: 0.9% for April 2019, in line with the forecast and up from 0.5% in March 2019. It is the highest reading since October 2018. Printed 0.9%, below the 2% target. It was released on Thu 23 May 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
0.9%
April 2019
Forecast
0.9%
The market consensus
Previous
0.5%
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) 23 May 2019: 0.9% for April 2019 against a 0.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
23 May 2019Apr0.9%0.9%0.5%
18 Apr 2019Mar0.5%0.5%0.2%
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%
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