Japan CPI data for August 2025:
National CPI ex. fresh food & energy (core-core): 3.3% y/y (expected 3.3%, prior 3.4%) … this strips away the effect of fresh food and energy
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National CPI ex. fresh food (core): 2.7% y/y (expected 2.7%, prior 3.1%) … core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food pricesslowest pace in
nine months
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National CPI headline: 2.7% y/y (expected 2.8%, prior 3.1%)
Earlier this month we got the ‘preview’ from Tokyo inflation data for August:
Tokyo August 2025 headline CPI 2.6% y/y (2.6% expected)
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.