The benchmark interest rate in Japan was last recorded at 0.50 percent. This dataset provides - Japan Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Inflation Rate in Japan decreased to 3.30 percent in June from 3.50 percent in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Japan Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Core consumer prices in Japan increased 3.30 percent in June of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - Japan Core Inflation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Japan BOJ Forecast: Consumer Price Index (CPI): excl Fresh Food: YoY: Lower Limit data was reported at 1.400 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.200 % for 2020. Japan BOJ Forecast: Consumer Price Index (CPI): excl Fresh Food: YoY: Lower Limit data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 % from Mar 2000 (Median) to 2021, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.900 % in 2014 and a record low of -1.500 % in 2009. Japan BOJ Forecast: Consumer Price Index (CPI): excl Fresh Food: YoY: Lower Limit data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Japan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.I006: Consumer Price Index: YoY% Change: Forecast: Bank of Japan.

In 2024, Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by ***** percent at current prices, according to the second preliminary announcement in March 2025. A year earlier, the highest growth rate of Japan’s nominal GDP in almost three decades was recorded. The nominal GDP measures the value of all goods and services produced in an economy, including price changes. GDP growth and inflation Japan’s real GDP growth, which is adjusted for inflation, was lower at *** percent. After decades of struggling with deflation and attempts to reach a two percent inflation target with economic stimulus packages and monetary easing policies, consumer prices in Japan increased by almost *** percent in 2023, led by global inflation. This development prompted the Bank of Japan to shift its monetary policy and raise the short-term interest rate for the first time in 17 years in 2024. Japan lost its status as the third-largest economy Many countries have raised interest rates in response to higher inflation in the past years. Since Japan’s central bank has done so at a much slower pace, a widening interest gap emerged between Japan and other major economies of the world. This is also one of the reasons for the depreciation of the yen against the dollar. Due to the weak yen, Japan’s GDP declined when converted into U.S. dollars, resulting in Japan losing its status as the third-largest economy in terms of GDP to Germany in 2023.

Japan Consumer Price Index (CPI): Diffusion index data was reported at 66.284 2020=100 in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 63.027 2020=100 for Feb 2025. Japan Consumer Price Index (CPI): Diffusion index data is updated monthly, averaging 56.897 2020=100 from Jan 2021 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 51 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 79.693 2020=100 in Sep 2023 and a record low of 2.107 2020=100 in Jan 2021. Japan Consumer Price Index (CPI): Diffusion index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Japan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.I004: Consumer Price Index: 2020=100: Core Inflation.

Tokyo Core CPI in Japan decreased to 3.10 percent in June from 3.60 percent in May of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Japan Tokyo Core CPI.