Since the turn of fiscal 2015, the year-on-year rate of increase in the CPI (all items less fresh food) has been about 0 percent, but the Nikkei-UTokyo Daily Price Index – which is mainly comprised of daily necessities and food products – has been trending upward, and there has been no sign so far that the trend in price rises will stall as it did last year.
Sample includes ANZ, CBA, NAB, WBC (Australia), BMO,  CIBC, RBC, Scotiabank, TD (Canada), Danske, Nordea DK, Jyske, Nykredit, Sydbank (Denmark), ANZ, ASB, BNZ, WNZL (New Zealand), Handelsbanken, Nordea Group, SEB, Swedbank (Sweden), Barclays, Co-operative, HSBC, LBG, NBS, RBS, Standard Chartered (UK).