Inflation data from Japan

Headline - National CPI y/y, 0.6% miss

  • expected 0.7%, prior was 1.1%

National CPI y/y excluding Fresh Food 0.7% miss

  • expected 0.8%, prior was 0.9%

'Core-core' - National CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y 0.4% in line

  • expected 0.4%, prior was 0.5%
  • This is the closest to the US measure of core inflation

... 8 minutes later update ... USD/JPY is barley moving

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