Excluding fresh food products and energy, prices increased by 4.2%, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior.
consumer prices in Japan they became more expensive 3.3% year-on-year in Junea slight acceleration from 3.2% a month earlier, government data showed.
Excluding fresh food products and energy, prices increased by 4.2%, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior.
These inflation data, which are in line with market expectations, are released ahead of a Bank of Japan policy meeting next week.
Inflation in Japan has been lower than in other developed economies, whose central banks decided to increase interest rates to contain it.
Instead, Japan has remained true to its usual ultra-loose monetary policy to try to boost economic growth and analysts do not expect changes at the next meeting of the central bank.
Source: Ambito
