Economics

Global Inflation Worries Have Spread to Deflation-Prone Japan

  • Weaker currency threatens to put upward pressure on Japan CPI
  • Japanese long-term breakeven rate hits highest in three years
Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg
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The global investor fear of a period of sustained inflation has even reached the shores of deflation-prone Japan.