For the second month in row, we watch the Japanese national CPI rising yearly by the strongest pace since 2008 growing by 0.9% in August after rising in July by 0.7% because of the higher energy costs and also the figure excluding the fresh food has rose also by 0.8% last month which is also the highest rate since 2008.
These data show that there is a greater chance for dampening the deflation pressure by the current BOJ’s unprecedented easing steps and also show in the same time that there can be no need of further cheap liquidity to be added to Kuroda’s abenomics to be injected into the Japanese economy for fighting deflation while this figure can open the door for imposing higher sales taxes with less worries about the prices decreasing which can add also strength to the Japanese yen which has been hurt by BOJ’s decision of widening monetary base by the current scale which is from 60 to 70 trillion yen yearly.
- Published: 27 September 2013
- Written by Editor