CPI recap - Japan inflation edged up, gains still largely limited to energy

We got the Japanese inflation data earlier:

• Japan headline CPI for September: 1.2% y/y (expected 1.3%)

Bloomberg have a bit of a recap up, worth a scan:

Dai-Ichi Life

• "little change in Japan's price trend. Energy prices are driving the gains while price growth in other goods remains subdued,"

BNP Paribas SA.

• "It's hard to say when the very tight labor market will start to have an effect on Japan's inflation."

More at the Bloomberg link

Yen barely has a pulse … and not too much life in FX elsewhere either