Japan PPI for October

-0.4% m/m

  • expected 0.0%, prior -0.3%

+0.8% y/y

  • expected +0.9%, prior +2.0%
  • first time under 1% since February 2021

Slowing inflation at the business level, indeed deflation m/m, in Japan makes the case for an imminent tightening of Bank of Japan monetary policy not imminent at all!

Bank of Japan Governor Ueda 03 October 2023

Bank of Japan Governor Ueda