Inflation has been held back by plunging mobile phone costs and competition from online retailers. The main factor, however, are deeply engrained deflationary expectations among households and firms. While the Bank of Japan has had little success in eradicating this deflationary mindset, rising labour costs suggest that underlying inflation will pick up ahead of next year’s sales tax hike.
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