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Inflation or indeed its opposite has driven monetary policy among the largest high-income economies. With nominal rates thought to be bounded by zero, the US, UK, and Japan engaged in operations to increase the size of the central bank’s balance sheets as an unorthodox channel of easing monetary conditions. European central banks demonstrated interest rates could fall below zero.
Japan reports CPI, alongside retail sales, unemployment and overall household spending early tomorrow in Tokyo. Despite the extremely aggressive expansionary monetary policy, the BOJ has not managed to squash deflationary forces.
Prices rose 1.7% over the last twelve months as the inflation growth rate continued to fall, pinching retiree incomes and long-term U.S. Treasury yields, which remain near their lowest point.
