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Japan's Inflation Reaches Year High as Energy Costs Surge; Core Rate Meets Forecasts
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Japan's Inflation Reaches Year High as Energy Costs Surge; Core Rate Meets Forecasts

Why it mattersJapan's rising headline inflation signals persistent cost pressures from energy even as core inflation stabilizes, affecting the Bank of Japan's policy outlook and broader Asia-Pacific economic momentum.

Core inflation — which strips out prices of fresh food but includes energy — was in line with expectations, coming in at 1.8%.

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Japan's Yen Defense Revives the Carry Trade, Complicating Policy Goals
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Japan's Yen Defense Revives the Carry Trade, Complicating Policy Goals

Why it mattersJapan's intervention to strengthen its currency is inadvertently creating conditions for the high-risk carry trade to resume, potentially undermining the Bank of Japan's broader economic objectives and testing whether cu…

Japan's historic effort to prop up the yen may have had an unintended consequence: giving investors a better opportunity to put the carry trade back on.

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