Rio Times · Asia Intelligence Brief August 13
Key Facts
—Producer prices at 7.2% Japanese corporate goods prices rose 7.2% over the year in July, just below June’s revised 7.3%, the highest since March 2023.
—Consumer prices at 1.7% Japanese headline consumer inflation was 1.7% in June with core at 1.6%, a gap analysts attribute to government energy subsidies.
—Metals up forty percent Nonferrous metal prices rose 40.6% over the year after 39.3% in June, on geopolitical tension and demand tied to artificial intelligence.
