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Japan Inflation RateThe general inflation rate in Japan was last reported at -0.2 percent in December of 2011. From 1971 until 2010, the average inflation rate in Japan was 2.97 percent reaching an historical high of 24.90 percent in February of 1974 and a record low of -2.50 percent in October of 2009. Inflation rate refers to a general rise in prices measured against a standard level of purchasing power. The most well known measures of Inflation are the CPI which measures consumer prices, and the GDP deflator, which measures inflation in the whole of the domestic economy. This page includes: Japan Inflation Rate chart, historical data and news.
Japan Annaual Inflation Rate Down 0.2% in December
Published on 1/27/2012 6:03:21 PM
| By TradingEconomics.com, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
The consumer price index for Japan in December 2011 was 99.4(2010=100), the same level as the previous month, and down 0.2% over the year.
The consumer price index for Ku-area of Tokyo in January 2012(preliminary) was 99.1(2010=100), down 0.3% from the previous month, and down 0.3% over the year.
Core consumer prices (All items, less food (less alcoholic beverages) and energy) declined by 1.1 percent over one year earlier.
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Japan News
Japan’s Trade Deficit Widens in January
Published: 2/20/2012 10:53:57 AM
By: TradingEconomics.com, Ministry of Finance Japan
Japan’s trade deficit widened to a record level in January, as falling exports combined with surging imports of energy.
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Bank of Japan Announces New Stimulus
Published: 2/14/2012 11:38:02 AM
By: TradingEconomics.com, Bank of Japan
The Bank of Japan on February 14th further eased monetary policy, increasing its asset purchase programme by 10 trillion yen to about 65 trillion yen, as it looks to end deflation.
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Japan GDP Contracts 0.6% in Q4
Published: 2/13/2012 11:08:06 AM
By: TradingEconomics.com, Cabinet Office
Japan's economy shrank 0.6 percent in the October-December quarter compared with the previous three months as slowing global trade, a strong currency and disruption from severe floods in Thailand all took their toll.
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Japan Annaual Inflation Rate Down 0.2% in December
Published: 1/27/2012 6:03:21 PM
By: TradingEconomics.com, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
The consumer price index for Japan in December 2011 was 99.4(2010=100), the same level as the previous month, and down 0.2% over the year.
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Japan Exports Fall in December
Published: 1/25/2012 9:40:45 AM
By: TradingEconomics.com, Ministry of Finance Japan
Japan's exports fell for the third consecutive month in December, capping the first annual trade deficit in 31 years, figures underscoring the toll slower global growth and March's earthquake have taken on the economy.
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Bank of Canada Keeps Monetary Policy Unchanged
Published: 1/24/2012 9:05:05 PM
By: TradingEconomics.com, Bank of Japan
At the Monetary Policy Meeting held on January 24, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided,by a unanimous vote to encourage the uncollateralized overnight call rate to remain at around 0 to 0.1 percent.
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Japan Annaual Inflation Rate Down 0.5% in November
Published: 12/30/2011 7:03:10 PM
By: TradingEconomics.com, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
The consumer price index for Japan in November 2011 was 99.4(2010=100), down 0.6% from the previous month, and down 0.5% over the year.
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Japan's Unemployment Rate Unchanged in November
Published: 12/30/2011 7:00:49 PM
By: TradingEconomics.com, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Japan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in November was unchanged at 4.5 percent from the previous month, signaling that the pace of recovery in labor market conditions is moderating.
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Japan Holds Rates Near Zero
Published: 12/21/2011 3:07:30 PM
By: TradingEconomics.com, Bank of Japan
Japan's central bank has left its key interest rate unchanged at virtually zero as it downgraded its assessment of the economy.
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Japan Reports Trade Deficit in November
Published: 12/21/2011 2:58:21 PM
By: TradingEconomics.com, Ministry of Finance Japan
Japan reported a 684.7 billion yen in trade deficit in November, as exports continued to decline amid the impact of the mass flooding in Thailand and fears of a global economic downturn.
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Inflation Rate Definition
In mainstream economics, the word “inflation” refers to a general rise in prices
measured against a standard level of purchasing power. Previously the term was used
to refer to an increase in the money supply, which is now referred to as expansionary
monetary policy or monetary inflation. Inflation is measured by comparing two sets
of goods at two points in time, and computing the increase in cost not reflected
by an increase in quality. There are, therefore, many measures of inflation depending
on the specific circumstances.
The most well known are the CPI which measures consumer prices, and the GDP deflator,
which measures inflation in the whole of the domestic economy.The prevailing view
in mainstream economics is that inflation is caused by the interaction of the supply
of money with output and interest rates. Mainstream economist views can be broadly
divided into two camps: the "monetarists" who believe that monetary effects dominate
all others in setting the rate of inflation, and the "Keynesians" who believe that
the interaction of money, interest and output dominate over other effects. Other
theories, such as those of the Austrian school of economics, believe that an inflation
of overall prices is a result from an increase in the supply of money by central
banking authorities.
Related concepts include: deflation, a general falling level of prices; disinflation,
the reduction of the rate of inflation; hyper-inflation, an out-of-control inflationary
spiral; stagflation, a combination of inflation and poor economic growth; and reflation,
which is an attempt to raise prices to counteract deflationary pressures(source: wikipedia).
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