Note: The core consumer price index (CPI) is the key indicator the Bank of Japan uses to measure inflation. Core CPI strips away the effect of volatile fresh food costs. Core CPI is expected to ...

Japan has not yet beaten deflation despite years of persistently rising consumer prices and the largest round of annual wage increases in three decades, the country’s finance minister has warned.

In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Japanese Minister of Finance Katsunobu Kato mentioned that Japan had yet to ...

The three other indicators the government looks at in judging whether Japan has completely exited deflation are the consumer ...

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Kato said on Thursday that “Japan is still not in a state where we can permanently call an end to deflation.” Japan's economy in state of experiencing supply ...

The three other indicators the government looks at in judging whether Japan has completely exited deflation are the consumer price index, GDP deflator and unit labour costs. The BOJ has exited a ...