(Finance) – The producer prices in Japan in the month of December 2024. According to the Bank of Japan, factory prices increased by 3.8% year-on-year, versus a revised +3.8% in the previous month. Expectations were for growth of more than 3.8%.
On a monthly basisindustrial prices recorded an increase of 0.3% after the revised +0.4% of the previous month, lower than expectations which indicated a change of +0.4%.
THE import prices they fell by 0.9% on a monthly basis and by 3.3% on a year-on-year basis. THE export prices they fell 0.2% month-on-month and increased 0.7% year-on-year.