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2025-09-19 07:50:43
[Japan's core inflation slowed in August, but remained above the central bank's target] Data released on Friday showed that Japan's core CPI rose 2.7% in the year to August, still above the Bank of Japan's 2% target, but it was the lowest increase in nine months, indicating that Japanese households got some relief from rising living costs. The data will be one of the factors carefully examined by the Bank of Japan at its two-day meeting that ends on Friday. The Bank of Japan's board is widely expected to keep interest rates steady at 0.5% at the meeting.
