Japan inflation slows to 1.4% in April (opens in new tab)

Japan’s core consumer inflation slowed to 1.4% in April from a year earlier, the weakest reading in more than four years and below the 1.7% forecast by economists polled by Reuters. The core index rose 1.8% in March. Overall inflation also eased to 1.4% year on year, according to data cited by Cnyes and a Spanish-language report in the input. Analysts cited government cost-of-living measures as a factor in the slowdown. The data leave the Bank of Japan weighing softer CPI against conflict-rel...