As costs spike in Japan, even businesses tailored to deflation lift prices

March 17, 2022 8:55 AM

TOKYO (REUTERS) – As war in Ukraine drives up already high input costs, even firms with business models fine-tuned to Japan’s deflationary economy are toying with higher prices, testing acceptance by consumers hardened by repeated affirmations of an elusive inflation goal.

Source : https://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/as-costs-spike-in-japan-even-businesses-tailored-to-deflation-lift-prices