The shopper value index for March in Tokyo’s 23 wards is a preliminary determine, and the index excluding contemporary meals, which fluctuates significantly relying on the climate, rose 3.2% from the identical month final yr. This is 0.1 factors decrease than the three.3% rise in February.
This is partly as a result of the federal government’s measures to cut back the burden have saved electrical energy costs from rising.
It is the second consecutive month that the speed of enhance within the shopper value index in Tokyo’s 23 wards has slowed in comparison with the earlier month.