The July and August CPI data is here, and its not going top make the BOJ happy

Reuters have a bit of a recap up:

  • Japan's core consumer prices fell for a fifth straight month
  • Marked the biggest annual drop in more than three years

Reuters add:

  • Starting from this release, the government changed the base year for the price indices to 2015 and changed the components making up the indices to better reflect consumer spending trends in an overhaul it conducts once every five years.

... But Reuters are far too polite to add 'fat lot of good that did'.

More at that link, above