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Japan Inflation Rate (CPI)

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 18 March 2020

Japan Inflation Rate (CPI) 18 March 2020: 0.4% for February 2020, below the 0.8% forecast and down from 0.7% in January 2020. It is the lowest reading since October 2019. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. Printed 0.4%, below the 2% target. It was released on Wed 18 Mar 2020 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
0.4%
February 2020
Forecast
0.8%
The market consensus
Previous
0.7%
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) 18 March 2020: 0.4% for February 2020 against a 0.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
18 Mar 2020Feb0.4%0.8%0.7%
20 Feb 2020Jan0.7%0.7%0.8%
23 Jan 2020Dec0.8%0.4%0.5%
19 Dec 2019Nov0.5%0.2%0.2%
21 Nov 2019Oct0.2%0.3%0.2%
17 Oct 2019Sep0.2%0.4%0.3%
19 Sep 2019Aug0.3%0.6%0.5%
22 Aug 2019Jul0.5%0.5%0.7%
18 Jul 2019Jun0.7%0.7%0.7%
20 Jun 2019May0.7%0.7%0.9%
23 May 2019Apr0.9%0.9%0.5%
18 Apr 2019Mar0.5%0.5%0.2%
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