Japan – SPPI inflation peaking?
In YoY terms, the trend in services PPI inflation is still up, but sequentially it is starting to look like it has peaked at a bit above 2%. There might get another boost from a strong shunto, but 2% pipeline inflation looks light for getting sustainable CPI of the same rate.
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