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Japan Consumer Prices (Jan. 2022)

Inflation slowed in January but that was entirely down to the base effects boost from the Go To Travel campaign disappearing. While underlying inflation is unlikely to reach 1% until later in the year, we think headline inflation will approach 1.5% in April as most of the hit from mobile phone tariff cuts drops out of the annual comparison.

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