Japan’s Producer Price Gains Stay Elevated, Backing BOJ Hikes
Higher energy, shipping and wage costs kept producer inflation well above forecasts and strengthened expectations for a BOJ rate increase next week.
- Japan's wholesale inflation rose 7.6% in August, prompting the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates at its September 17-18 meeting, with sources suggesting a 25-basis-point hike is most likely.
- Rising fuel costs from the Middle East conflict and a weak yen pushing higher import prices have added significant pressure to the economy, prompting the BOJ to warn of inflation overshoot risks.
- On a month-on-month basis, the producer price index dipped 0.2% in August, while economists polled by Reuters expect core consumer inflation to have risen 1.8%, remaining below the BOJ's 2% target.
- Investors are focusing on Governor Kazuo Ueda's post-meeting briefing for guidance on future rate pace, as markets have fully priced in the September move and the board remains split between hawks and doves.
- Analysts polled by Reuters expect the BOJ to hike to 1.25% next week, then 1.5% by end-March 2027 and 1.75% in the second quarter of 2027, marking an accelerated normalization path.
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(Teleborsa) - Production prices in Japan decreased slightly in August 2026. According to the Bank of Japan, factory prices increased by 7.6% on an annual basis, above +7.4%...
Tokyo, Sep 11 (Latin Press) A report by the Bank of Japan today revealed that the wholesale price index recorded an annual increase of 7.6 percent in August, reflecting persistent inflationary pressure on the national economy. The post Japan continues to have a high wholesale price index first appeared on News Prensa Latina.
BOJ set to lift rates next week but offer few clues on terminal, sources say
TOKYO, Sept 11 : The Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates next week, most likely by 25 basis points, and may signal faster future tightening if price pressures heighten risks of an inflation overshoot, said four sources familiar with its thinking. A hike to 1.25 per cent would bring the BOJ’s policy […]
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