Recent Japan core CPI readings have stabilized near 1.8% year-over-year through July and August 2026, with government energy subsidies offsetting import cost pressures from yen weakness and Middle East-related oil spikes. Underlying drivers include steady wage pass-through into services prices and tightening labor markets, which the Bank of Japan cites as supporting gradual normalization. Policy rate hikes to 1% in June, with further tightening signaled ahead of the September meeting, reflect upside inflation risks that could accelerate readings in the second half once subsidies fade. Trader positioning in the closely matched ≤1.9% and 2.0-2.4% brackets prices in these offsetting forces, with upcoming monthly releases and BOJ communications as key near-term catalysts for shifts in implied probabilities.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated≤1.9% 53.0%
2.0-2.4% 46%
2.5-2.9% 1.4%
3.0-3.4% <1%
$40,586 Vol.
$40,586 Vol.
≤1.9%
53%
2.0-2.4%
46%
2.5-2.9%
1%
3.0-3.4%
<1%
3.5-3.9%
<1%
4.0%+
<1%
≤1.9% 53.0%
2.0-2.4% 46%
2.5-2.9% 1.4%
3.0-3.4% <1%
$40,586 Vol.
$40,586 Vol.
≤1.9%
53%
2.0-2.4%
46%
2.5-2.9%
1%
3.0-3.4%
<1%
3.5-3.9%
<1%
4.0%+
<1%
The resolution source for this market will be the SBJ Consumer Price Index Annual Report released for 2026 (https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1588.html#nen), currently scheduled to be released on January 22, 2027. Resolution of this market will take place upon release of the aforementioned data.
Note: the resolution source for this market will be the official SBJ Consumer Price Index Annual Report, which reports percentage change in the Consumer Price Index over 12-month periods to only one decimal point (e.g., 2.8%). Thus, this is the level of precision that will be used when resolving the market. For the avoidance of doubt, this market resolves on the core CPI figure — the all items index excluding fresh food — not the headline all items CPI figure.
If the SBJ does not release the relevant figures on the scheduled date, this market may remain open up until March 31, 2027. If the information is not released by that time, this market will resolve to the lowest bracket.
Market Opened: Jun 17, 2026, 7:25 PM ET
Resolver
0x69c47De9D...The resolution source for this market will be the SBJ Consumer Price Index Annual Report released for 2026 (https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/cpi/1588.html#nen), currently scheduled to be released on January 22, 2027. Resolution of this market will take place upon release of the aforementioned data.
Note: the resolution source for this market will be the official SBJ Consumer Price Index Annual Report, which reports percentage change in the Consumer Price Index over 12-month periods to only one decimal point (e.g., 2.8%). Thus, this is the level of precision that will be used when resolving the market. For the avoidance of doubt, this market resolves on the core CPI figure — the all items index excluding fresh food — not the headline all items CPI figure.
If the SBJ does not release the relevant figures on the scheduled date, this market may remain open up until March 31, 2027. If the information is not released by that time, this market will resolve to the lowest bracket.
Resolver
0x69c47De9D...Recent Japan core CPI readings have stabilized near 1.8% year-over-year through July and August 2026, with government energy subsidies offsetting import cost pressures from yen weakness and Middle East-related oil spikes. Underlying drivers include steady wage pass-through into services prices and tightening labor markets, which the Bank of Japan cites as supporting gradual normalization. Policy rate hikes to 1% in June, with further tightening signaled ahead of the September meeting, reflect upside inflation risks that could accelerate readings in the second half once subsidies fade. Trader positioning in the closely matched ≤1.9% and 2.0-2.4% brackets prices in these offsetting forces, with upcoming monthly releases and BOJ communications as key near-term catalysts for shifts in implied probabilities.
Experimental AI-generated summary referencing Polymarket data. This is not trading advice and plays no role in how this market resolves. · Updated



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