PPI is inflation at the wholesale level (business to business sales and the like), not consumer price inflation

Comes in at % y/y

  • expected 1.0% y/y, prior 0.9%, revised from 0.8%

and 0.3% m/m

  • expected 0.2% m/m, prior 0.3%, revised from 0.2%

The data release also includes 'domestic final goods prices', which is an indicator to consumer inflation, dwon 0.1% y/y

Out at the same time from Japan is machine orders (separate post)