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 Consumer Price Index (CPI), a benchmark for measuring ... % increase and marking the first contraction since January 2024. Deflation is a problem because it gives people little incentive ...

Retailers are facing a quandary — many categories are seeing deflation, which means they have to sell more to show profits, while the consumer is slowing their spending. National Retail ...

The headline Tokyo Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March climbed 2.9% YoY as compared to 2.8% (revised from 2.9%) in the previous month, the Statistics Bureau of Japan showed on Friday. Meanwhile ...

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 consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.7 per cent in February in comparison ... “Domestic demand remains weak,” he added, explaining the reason behind deflation, a situation in which prices of goods ...

Investing.com-- Japanese consumer price index inflation grew slightly more than expected in February, with a rise in underlying inflation fueling bets that the Bank of Japan will keep raising interest ...

Investing.com-- Japanese consumer price index inflation grew slightly more than expected in February, with a rise in underlying inflation fueling bets that the Bank of Japan will keep raising ...