April’s consumption tax hike has made it more difficult to assess the strength of consumer price pressures. But different approaches that make allowance for the one-off impact of the tax increase lead to the same conclusion: underlying inflationary pressure has declined. This reinforces our view that the BoJ still has more work to do.
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