Japan September Tokyo CPI data surges ahead of expectations and August

Just the data in this post. I’ll have more to come on this separately, analysis and implications etc. 

Japan Tokyo CPI (Sep YY)

Headline 2.7%

  • expected 2.5%, prior 1.9%

Core 2.7%

  • expected 2.4%, prior 1.8%

CPI Ex Food and Energy 3.0%

  • expected 2.5%, prior 2.0%

Japan Jobs/applications ratio (August data) 1.18

  • expected 1.18, prior 1.18

Unemployment Rate (August) 2.5%

  • expected 2.4%, prior 2.4%

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.