July 1.7% y/y, a decent sized jump:

  • expected 1.3%, prior 1.4%
japan services inflation ppi 25 August 2023

Japan Services Producer Price Index (PPI) measures the average change over time in the prices received by service providers (in the private sector) for their services in Japan

  • Data published by the Bank of Japan
  • covers services such as transportation and communication, finance and insurance, wholesale and retail trade, and others