FX.co ★ Japan Producer Prices Rise the Least in 4 Months

In Japan, producer prices experienced a 4.0% year-on-year increase in April 2025, aligning with market predictions but showing a slight decline from the slightly adjusted 4.2% seen in March. This uptick represented the 50th month in a row of producer price inflation, although it was the lowest annual increase noted since December. On a month-to-month basis, there was a 0.2% rise in producer prices, a slowdown from the 0.4% increase recorded in March, which was the most significant monthly rise in the previous three months.