With “supercore” inflation, excluding fresh food and energy, still strong at 2.6 per cent, we think the Bank of Japan remains on course to deliver its next rate increase in April.

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Japan's annual core consumer inflation hit a two-year low to match the central bank's 2% target in January, data showed on Friday, suggesting weakening price ...

Headline inflation for November fell to 2.9% from October's 3%. But it stayed above BOJ's target rate for a 44th straight month. Core inflation came in at 3%, in line with market estimates. Japan's ...

Cooling US inflation and steady job growth in January strengthen hopes the economy can avoid recession in 2026.

Due to the new series, inflation is seen to be lower than earlier-projected, giving room for the central bank to extend the ...

The ECB held rates as eurozone inflation fell to 1.7% in January, its lowest since September 2024 and below the ECB’s 2% ...

On a year-over-year basis, headline inflation fell from 2.7 percent in December 2025 to 2.4 percent in January 2026 - the lowest reading since May 2025. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food ...

The story in January 2026 is that the waters remain muddied by the government-shutdown-induced gap. The current y/y figures are all flattered by that event, and exaggerate how good the inflation ...

The January CPI report showed cooling inflation, a key factor in whether the Federal Reserve resumes interest rate cuts.