Most of the plunge in inflation in Tokyo in January was driven by one-off factors that the Bank of Japan is stripping out from its inflation gauges. However, the underlying trend in inflation continues to lose momentum, too. The Bank of Japan will want to see signs that price pressures hold up in coming inflation prints and we now expect the Bank to end negative interest rates in April rather than in March.
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