BoJ Quarterly Report: Possibility of an outperformance in wages and inflation

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) released a full version of its Quarterly Outlook Report on Thursday, noting that “there is a possibility that wages and inflation will exceed expectations, accompanied by rising inflation expectations and a tight labor market.”

Extra points

Pricing behavior is changing in service sector companies as a whole.

It remains to be seen whether the outcome of this year’s tough wage negotiations will be reflected in service prices.

The positive wage-setting behaviour of large companies is steadily spreading to smaller companies.

Market reaction

USD/JPY was last seen trading 0.09% lower on the day at 149.80, unfazed by the earlier headlines.

Source: Fx Street

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