While faster wage growth should eventually result in a significant pick-up in rental inflation, it seems likely that rental growth will trail income growth for the foreseeable future. That means that the Bank of Japan will have to let the economy run hotter than it would have to otherwise to meet its 2% inflation target. And it means that a sizeable correction in prices of rental housing looks more likely than not.
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