The owner of the Rice shop Tadao Koike, on February 14, 2025, a bag of rice in the shop in Tokyo.
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The main inflation of Japan defeated expectations and entered 3% in February, Government information He showed on Friday, strengthened the claim for more interest rising.
Core Inflation Figure – Excluding fresh food prices – According to the economists questioned by Reuters, 2.9% were higher than 2.9%, but less than in January 3.2%.
In February, the hood inflation in the year increased by 3.7% last month 4% higher than 4%. This hooded inflation rate remained on the bank’s 2% banking bank during the 35 straight months.
Core-Core inflation rate, which has both fresh food and energy prices and is closely followed by BOJ, was closely monitored by BOJ, reached 2.5% to 2.6% a month ago.
The information comes in a short period of interest rates at 0.5% on Wednesday, the Central Bank.
In his statement, BOJ, “The main CPI inflation will gradually increase” and said that the target is 2% “usually consistent”.
BOJ, the main inflation was likely to increase inflation in connection with the government’s assessment of the government to push high rice prices and inflation.
The exchange rate can also affect prices, BOJ, “Japan’s economic activity and prices remain highly uncertainty around trade and other policies in each jurisdiction.”
Japanese new, intensified by 0.1% after issuing data for trade in 148.61 against $ Nikkei 225 slipped in marginal.
BOJ, when he was taken to 0.5% in January, said the central bank was in it Summary of ideas Japan’s economic activities and prices are generally developing in accordance with the outlook of the bank.
Salary
Inflation numbers also occurred between strong salary increases to increase the work in the Shunto Salary Negotiations, to continue normalizing the BOJ monetary policy.
Japan’s largest employee union has announced that it can provide averages on March 14 5.46% increase in salary From April to the largest increase in three decades.
Rengo, a Japanese Trade Union Confederation or about 7 million members, is 0.18 percent high in the first schedule of 760 units in the first schedule of the results last year.
Small, medium-sized enterprises increased by 5.09%, 0.67% of last year, and since 1992, the salary for such companies has passed a 5% sign.
An umbrella group representing UA Zensen, retail, restaurant and other industrial associations, 139 members of the members were reported An average of 5.37% increase on average labor For full employees, a slightly less record figure since 2024 5.91%.
