Japan Inflation Rate in 2018
Inflation rate in Japan was 0.30% in 2018. That is 0.80 less than it was in the preceding 2017 and 0.49% less than in the following year of 2019.
In 2018 Japan ranked #1 in the world by yearly inflation rate.
Month over month inflation rate is calculated for just the subject month itself - from the first to the last day of that month:
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month to month, % | 0.10 | 0.00 | -0.30 | -0.10 | 0.10 | -0.10 | 0.10 | 0.59 | 0.10 | 0.29 | -0.20 | -0.29 | 0.30 |
Year to year inflation rate is calculated for 12 months: 11 months preceding the subject one and the subject month itself:
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year over year (12 months), % | 1.30 | 1.50 | 1.10 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.90 | 1.30 | 1.19 | 1.39 | 0.89 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
Progressive inflation rate is an incremental year to date inflation that sums rates from the beginning of the calendar year to the end of the subject month:
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive (year to date), % | 0.10 | 0.10 | -0.20 | -0.30 | -0.20 | -0.30 | -0.20 | 0.40 | 0.49 | 0.79 | 0.59 | 0.30 | 0.30 |
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