Reuters

10:26 JST, May 23, 2025&

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s core inflation accelerated at its fastest annual pace in more than two years in April, data showed on Friday, raising the odds of another interest rate hike by year-end.

The data underscores the Bank of Japan’s predicament of balancing price pressures from persistent food inflation against growth headwinds from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes fresh food but includes oil prices, rose 3.5% in April from a year earlier, exceeding market forecasts for a 3.4% gain and........

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