Japan, consumer prices
Japan's March inflation slows to 2.6%, eyes on BOJ move
Japan's core inflation slowed in March due to mild rises in food prices while staying comfortably above the central bank's 2% target, government data showed on Friday. The nationwide core consumer price index (CPI),
Japan's inflation slows to 2.6% in March but rate hike still likely
Japan's core inflation slowed to 2.6 percent in March as the effects of higher energy costs continued to fade, government data showed Friday, but the inflationary effect of the persistently weak yen is making it more likely the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates again.
Japan Consumer Prices Rose at Slightly Slower Pace in March
Japan’s consumer prices rose at a slightly slower pace in March due to lower energy prices but remained well above the central bank’s 2% target.
Japan inflation to slow slightly, but cost-push pressures drag on consumption: Reuters poll
Japan's annual core consumer price growth is expected to have slowed slightly, a Reuters poll showed, but persistent cost-push pressures kept inflation at or above the central bank's 2% target for two years and remained a drag on household consumption.
URGENT: Japan's core consumer prices up 2.6% in March on year
Core consumer prices in Japan rose 2.6 percent in March from a year earlier, with the key gauge of inflation now having remained at or above the Bank of Japan's 2 percent target for two straight years,
Fed's Powell Says Inflation All but Dooms Rate Cuts This Year
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What Went Wrong With U.S. Inflation?
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Fed’s Powell: Elevated inflation will likely delay rate cuts this year
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned that persistently elevated inflation will likely delay any Fed rate cuts until ...
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Inflation Jumps to 3.5%, Jeopardizing Hopes for Predicted Rate Cuts
And overall inflation hasn’t been this high since September. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ CPI is one of the most closely ...
Some Fed officials worry inflation remains stubbornly high, minutes show
Federal Reserve officials said during their March policymaking meeting that inflation will likely continue to slow this year, ...
It’s Suddenly Lonely Being a Dove on Fed Policy. So Be It.
Hot retail sales data and the risk of higher energy prices have bond traders on edge. It’s probably not a monetary policy ...
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Even though the price of electricity may fall this summer, demand for it will likely rise. Plus, does the newest CPI report ...