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Inflation Japan - consumer price index (CPI)
Graphs - historic inflation
Graph CPI Japan last year |
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Graph CPI Japan long-term |
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When we talk about the rate of inflation in Japan, this often refers to the rate of inflation based on the consumer price index, or CPI for short. The Japanese CPI shows the change in prices of a standard package of goods and services which Japanese households purchase for consumption. In order to measure inflation, an assessment is made of how much the CPI has risen in percentage terms over a give period compared to the CPI in a preceding period. If prices have fallen this is called deflation (negative inflation).
This page shows the current and historic CPI inflation figures for Japan.
For a summary of the current inflation figures for a large number of countries and regions please click here.
For detailed background information about inflation please click here.
Tables - current and historic CPI Japan
CPI JP recent months
| may 2010 |
-0.894 % |
| april 2010 |
-1.190 % |
| march 2010 |
-1.092 % |
| february 2010 |
-1.095 % |
| january 2010 |
-1.291 % |
| december 2009 |
-1.678 % |
| november 2009 |
-1.868 % |
| october 2009 |
-2.534 % |
| september 2009 |
-2.240 % |
| august 2009 |
-2.240 % |
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CPI JP recent years
| may 2010 |
-0.894 % |
| may 2009 |
-1.082 % |
| may 2008 |
1.295 % |
| may 2007 |
0.000 % |
| may 2006 |
0.100 % |
| may 2005 |
0.100 % |
| may 2004 |
-0.497 % |
| may 2003 |
-0.198 % |
| may 2002 |
-0.884 % |
| may 2001 |
-0.780 % |
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