August Inflation data coming up from Japan tomorrow

High frequency, and timely, data from Japan tomorrow wth Tokyo area CPI for this month.

National-level CPI data for August will follow in about three weeks, it takes longer to gather and collate the national data.

  • Tokyo CPI is a sub-index of the national CPI
  • It measures the change in prices of goods and services in the Tokyo metropolitan area
  • Its considered a leading indicator of national CPI trends because Tokyo is the largest city in Japan and is a major economic hub
  • Historically, Tokyo CPI data has been just slightly higher than national Japan CPI data. The cost of living in Tokyo is a touch higher than in most other parts of Japan. Higher rents, for example
  • This
    snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access
    it here
    .
  • The
    times in the left-most column are GMT.
  • The
    numbers in the right-most column are the ‘prior’ (previous
    month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column
    next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median
    expected.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com. Source