The core consumer price index in Japan, which excludes fresh food but includes fuel costs, increased for the third consecutive month to 2.7% year-on-year in July 2024, following a 2.6% gain in June ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -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 ...

Core inflation, which strips out prices of fresh food, came in at 3% as expected by economists polled by Reuters. The headline inflation rate rose to 3%, staying above the BOJ's 2% target for 43 ...

The annual inflation rate in Japan fell to 2.3% in October 2024 from 2.5% in the prior month, marking the lowest reading since January. Japan's core consumer price index, which excludes fresh food but ...

Japan's core consumer price index (CPI) rose by 3.1% in July, a slight decrease from June's 3.3% but still higher than the expected 3%. The inflation rate remains well above the Bank of Japan's 2% ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's core inflation slowed in June but stayed above the central bank's 2% target for well over three years, highlighting lingering price pressures that back market expectations for ...

Japan's core inflation cooled to 3.3% in June, coming down from a 29-month high of 3.7% as rice inflation showed signs of easing. The figure — which strips out costs for fresh food — was in line with ...