Next week's Bank of Japan chess game is becoming increasingly tangled.
Whenever Middle East tensions escalate, oil prices spike upward, which for Japan is almost equivalent to an "inflation accelerator." Japan relies on imports for about 90% of its energy, so when oil prices rise, costs immediately translate to electricity, transportation, and raw material prices, naturally pushing CPI higher. What's even more troublesome is that the yen has been underperforming lately, weakening to nearly 160 against the US dollar. This combination of weak yen + high oil prices is almost the classic template
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