We get the first CPI indications from Japan for December on Tuesday 9 January Asia time, due at • 2330 GMT (Monday evening January 8). • 1830 US Eastern time (Monday evening). Further moderation in inflation is expected but the core (in Japan this is excluding food, the first line in the pic below) is expected to remain above the 2% target, albeit only by 0.1%: {table} Tokyo area inflation data: • National-level CPI data for this month will follow in about three weeks, it takes longer to gather and collate the national data. • Tokyo CPI is a sub-index of the national CPI. • It measures the change in prices of goods ... (full story)