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Wholesale Price Index (WPI) WPI first published in 1902, and was one of the more economic indicators available to policy makers until it was replaced by most developed countries by the Consumer Price Index in the 1970s. WPI is the index that is used to measure the change in the average price level of goods traded in wholesale market.
Consumer Statistics Division (消費統計課, Shōhi Tōkeika) is in charge of statistics on consumers and prices including the Consumer Price Index. (Article 118) Survey Planning Division (調査企画課, Chōsa Kikakuka) is in charge of a variety of derived statistics as well as general matters for this Department. (Article 115)
Wages are rising in Japan more than they have in decades, at least for some workers. In May, the consumer price index was up 3.2% from a year earlier, well above the central bank’s target of ...
The core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh food prices but includes fuel costs, rose 0.1% year-on-year in October, government data showed on Friday. Japan's consumer prices ...
Core consumer prices in Japan's capital, a leading indicator of nationwide trends, rose at their fastest annual pace in 40 years in November and exceeded the central bank's 2% target for a sixth ...
The Lost Decades are a lengthy period of economic stagnation in Japan precipitated by the asset price bubble's collapse beginning in 1990. The singular term Lost Decade (失われた10年, Ushinawareta Jūnen) originally referred to the 1990s, [1] but the 2000s (Lost 20 Years, 失われた20年) [2] and the 2010s (Lost 30 Years, 失われた30年) [3] [4] [5] have been included by commentators ...
World map by inflation rate (consumer prices), 2023, according to World Bank This is the list of countries by inflation rate. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. Inflation rate is defined as the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices. Inflation is a positive value ...
Japan's core consumer inflation rate is expected to hit a forty-year high in October as a weak yen pushed up raw material costs for companies, leaving some with little option but to pass those on ...