{
  "id": 830379,
  "title": "Japan’s July core inflation seen at 1.8% on higher energy costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/japans-july-core-inflation-seen-at-1-8-on-higher-energy-costs",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T03:00:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/economy-news/japans-july-core-inflation-seen-at-18-on-higher-energy-costs-4859654"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Japan's core consumer inflation is projected to surge to 1.8% in July from the previous month, according to a Reuters poll of economists. This increase is attributed to rising food prices and energy cost pressures caused by the Middle East conflict, Reuters reported. The nationwide core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes fresh food prices, is expected to climb 1.8% year-on-year in July, up from 1.6% in June, but still below the Bank of Japan's 2% target.\n\nRyosuke Katagi, a market economist at Mizuho Securities, suggests that the effects of the deteriorating situation in Iran are gradually influencing consumer prices. The annual wholesale inflation rate in Japan stood at 7.2% in July, indicating mounting price pressures. Apart from inflation worries, recent joint Japanese-U.S. efforts to strengthen the weakened yen have intensified market speculation that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may need to raise interest rates more aggressively, with another potential hike as early as next month. The BOJ raised rates to a 31-year high in June. The internal affairs ministry will release CPI data at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, August 21 (11:30 p.m. GMT on August 20).",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Japan's core consumer inflation projected at 1.8% in July",
    "Rising food prices and Middle East conflict driving costs",
    "Bank of Japan may raise rates more aggressively soon"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Rising inflation pressures, driven by energy costs and food prices, are likely to keep the Bank of Japan under consideration for further interest rate hikes to counter mounting price pressures.",
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/830379.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
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      {
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Japan's July core inflation seen at 1.8% on higher energy costs",
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        "published": "2026-08-14T02:56:30.000Z"
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        "title": "France inflation accelerates to 2.1% in July",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/france-inflation-accelerates-to-2-1-in-july",
        "published": "2026-08-14T07:15:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}