Japan Dec core CPI tipped at 41-year-high 4.0%, twice BOJ's 2% target - Reuters poll

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TOKYO : Japan's core consumer prices likely rose 4.0 per cent in December, double the Bank of Japan (BOJ)'s 2 per cent target, hitting a fresh 41-year-high, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Friday, testing the central bank's sustained easy-money policy.At its first 2023 rate review next week, the BO

TOKYO : Japan's core consumer prices likely rose 4.0 per cent in December, double the Bank of Japan 's 2 per cent target, hitting a fresh 41-year-high, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Friday, testing the central bank's sustained easy-money policy.

December's nationwide core consumer price index , which excludes volatile fresh food items but includes energy, likely rose 4.0 per cent from a year earlier, according to the median estimate of 18 economists. Tokyo's core CPI, a leading indicator of nationwide inflation, rose a faster-than-expected 4.0 per cent in December on widening retail price increases, data showed on Tuesday.

 

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