National CPI y/y for December: 2.4% m/m
- expected 2.3%, prior was 2.4%
National CPI y/y excluding Fresh Food for December: 2.5% m/m (this is the core measure looked at by the BOJ)
- Note – if you strip out the impact of the sales tax hike back in April of 2014, as the BOJ will, it’s a +0.5% reading, which would be lowest since June of 2013
- expected 2.6%, prior was 2.7%
National CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y for December: 2.1% m/m
- expected 2.1%, prior was 2.1%
Tokyo CPI y/y for January: 2.3% m/m
- expected 2.2%, prior was 2.1%
Tokyo CPI excluding Fresh Food y/y for January: 2.2% m/m
- expected 2.2%, prior was 2.3%
Tokyo CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y for January: 1.7% m/m
- expected 1.8%, prior was 1.8%
Other Japanese data out at the same time – household spending, jobless rate, and more
