Japan April PPI +0.2% m/m (expected 0%)

Japan PPI, AKA Corporate Goods Price Index. This is 'wholesale' level inflation Inflation Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is m Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is m Read this Term, the price that firms charge each other for products.

PPI +0.2% m/m

• expected 0%, prior 0%

+5.8% y/y

• Expected +5.6%, prior +7.2%

Data from the Bank of Japan. Accompanying graph: