Divergent patterns in near-term inflationary pressures across regions have emerged, as often around important turning points.
The Japan economy has long stood out with persitent deflation forces. To this day, the Bank of Japan is the one major central bank which hasn't tightened policy, or even made a move towards a tightening.
We have now completed the work to add Japanese as our seventh language. The Inflation NewsBot and the NIPI databases will shed some light on this Japanese exception.
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