The Bank of Japan (BoJ) published a full version of its Quarterly Outlook Report on Thursday, highlighting that “there is chance wages, inflation may overshoot expectations, accompanied by heightening inflation expectations and tight labor market.”
Price-setting behavior changing in service-sector firms as a whole.
Must scrutinize whether this year's strong wage negotiation outcome would be reflected in service prices.
Big firms' positive wage-setting behaviour spreading steadily to smaller firms.
USD/JPY was last seen trading down 0.09% on the day at 149.80, unperturbed by the above headlines.