English-language Japan establishment

Covered the 1.6% core reading and its significance for the BoJ July 30-31 policy meeting; noted that services inflation at 1.4% y/y, the first time services crossed 1% since February, is the specific condition BoJ Governor Ueda said was needed to justify further normalisation; reported that overnight index swaps moved to price approximately 70% probability of a July rate hike.

“Tokyo core CPI rose 1.6% year-on-year in June, matching the threshold BoJ Governor Ueda has cited for the next rate increase, with services inflation crossing 1% for the first time since February.”