How Tokyo’s Consumer Prices Could Affect the Yen and Your Trades

Tomorrow, the Statistics Bureau of Japan will release the Tokyo Consumer Price Index (CPI) excluding fresh food — a key measure of monthly consumer price changes in Japan’s largest city. For Forex traders, this report is like taking an early “temperature reading” of inflation: it gives clues about future Bank of Japan (BoJ) policy and the strength of the Japanese yen (JPY).