Japan headline inflation (February): 0.3% y/y (vs. expected 0.2%)

Inflation data for Japan, February and March

National CPI y/y for February, 0.3%  ... higher than the expected, lower than January result

• expected is 0.2%, prior was 0.4%

National CPI y/y excluding Fresh Food for February, 0.2% ... highest since April 2015

• expected is 0.2%, prior was 0.1%

National CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y for February,  0.1%

• expected is 0.1%, prior was 0.2%


• this is the closest inflation measure to the US "core" inflation

Tokyo CPI y/y for March,  -0.4%

• expected is -0.2%, prior was -0.3%


• Tokyo CPI data is available a month earlier than the National CPI

Tokyo CPI excluding Fresh Food y/y for March,  -0.4%

• expected is -0.2%, prior was -0.3%

Tokyo CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y for March,  -0.2%

• expected is 0.0%, prior was 0.0%         

more to come

   

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Still to come from Japan ... 2350GMT

• Industrial Production m/m for February (preliminary reading), expected is 1.2%, prior was -0.4%


• Industrial Production y/y for February (preliminary), expected is 3.9%, prior was 3.7%
  

Japan headline inflation (February): 0.3% y/y (vs. expected 0.2%)
Japan headline inflation (February): 0.3% y/y (vs. expected 0.2%)
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