Japan's Core CPI in May Rises 0.1% Year-on-Year... Expected 0.0%
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suhwan] Japan's core Consumer Price Index (CPI) for May rose 0.1% compared to the same period last year.
On the 18th, the Japanese government announced that the core CPI index for May increased by 0.1% compared to May of the previous year.
This figure slightly exceeded the forecast of 0.0%.
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The core CPI is an index that measures the price changes of goods and services purchased by consumers, excluding fresh food items with volatile prices, and is one of the important tools for measuring purchasing trends and inflation changes.
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