Japanese October Services PPI 2.7% (vs. expected 2.7% & prior 3.0%)

Services PPI data for October 2025, seen as a leading indicator of Japan’s consumer services sector prices.

• prices continued to rise for labour-intensive industries such as hotel and construction work
• underscoring the central bank’s view a tight job market will keep pushing up wages and service-sector inflation

This’ll keep the BoJ pondering rate hikes:

• BOJ board turns more hawkish as Ueda keeps December and January open

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.