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Japan Consumer Prices (Oct. 2021)

Headline inflation edged down in October despite an acceleration in energy inflation. Hit yet again by weaker mobile phone tariff inflation underlying inflation weakened further into negative territory. We think underlying inflation will pick up over the coming months but only to a peak of around +1% y/y.

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