TOKYO (Reuters) – The ratio of Japanese households expecting prices to rise a year from now stood at 85.7%, a quarterly central bank survey for September showed on Thursday, down from 87.1% in June.
The ratio of households expecting prices to rise five years from now, slipped to 78.3% in September, down from 79.8% in June, the survey showed.
(Reporting by Tetsushi Kajimoto; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)