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Analysis-Enough Apologies: How Japan Is Shaking Its Price Hike Phobia
Rei Ihara, food sector analyst at UBS Securities, said the scope for further price hikes is narrowing, as Japan's Engel ...
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Japan should take all possible measures to raise wages, white paper says
Prolonged high prices for food and other goods have pushed down consumer sentiment and real wages, while predictions for ...
Bank of Japan to hold rates on Thursday
The Bank of Japan will hold rates at 0.5 per cent at Thursday’s rate decision meeting as it awaits further clarity on tariff impact and inflation data in the second half of the year A trade deal with ...
Japan’s Inflation Surge Is Now A Political Crisis
On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...
Core inflation in Japan's capital stays above BOJ target in July
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital stayed well above the central bank's 2% target in ...
Japan's core inflation cools in June as expected, coming down from 29-month high as rice prices ease
The increase in rice prices slowed marginally to a 100.2% increase year over year, down from 101.7% in May.
Japan Trade Deal Means Less Inflation. Bonds Are Pricing It In.
So-called break-even inflation rates, which reflect the bond market’s expectations of how fast prices will rise, are at ...
Japan’s June core inflation cools to 3.3%, still well above Bank of Japan’s target
Japan's key measure of consumer prices cooled slightly more than expected in June, but remained well above the Bank of ...
The rise of Japan's far right was supercharged by Trump - and tourists
With their "Japanese First" slogan, riffing off US President Donald Trump's "America First", they have truly ruffled the ...
Japan Inflation Eases, But BOJ Still Faces Policy Challenges
A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be ...
Trump Agrees to EU Tariff Deal as Fed Meets With Inflation and Jobs Data on Tap
The EU, a group of countries with shared economic interests, exports about $2 trillion worth of goods to the U.S. The 27 ...
Japan's June core inflation likely slowed as tariff threats loom: Reuters poll
Japan's June core inflation likely slowed but remained above the central bank's 2% target, a Reuters poll showed, keeping it under pressure to resume interest rate hikes as U.S. trade tariffs threaten ...