Eamonn Sheridan
Japan PPI stays elevated at 7.2%, misses forecast, but yen keeps BOJ hike case alive
The miss against forecast should not be read as genuine disinflation. At 7.2%, Japanese producer price growth remains near multi-year highs, and the shortfall against the 7.4% consensus is a modest undershoot on an already elevated base rather than a meaningful turn in the trend.
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