The increase of theinflation wholesale, the rise of pricesthe cost of the imports of growing raw materials. And again: it yen which continues to be weak ei corporate failures doubled compared to the previous year. This is the underlying context in which the economy of the Japanwhich has recently shown small signs of recovery, but which still has to deal with worrying shadows.
The latest data complicates the decision Bank of Japan (BOJ) on how soon to increase the interest ratesas rising prices, driven by cost pressures, could cool consumption, and dampen the chances of reaching the kind of demand-led inflation.
Many experts believe that consumer price inflation may not slow down in the short term because wholesale price increases will accelerate, as will increases in theenergy. Government subsidies to ease bills, in fact, will end at the end of June. […]
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